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September / October 2011 Vol. 33, No. 4

Cover: East Kentwood Boys Track Team, MHSAA Track & Field Finals, Lower PeninsulaBoys Division I. Top from left: Spencer Clark, Houston Glass, Justin Williams; bottomfrom left: Ricco Hall, Chris James, Chris James.

Photos and composition by Pete Draugalis / draugalisphotography.com

September - December 2011 p. 44

Featured Future Events p. 51

Editor’s Notes: Existential Cowboy By Scott Sullivan p. 8

High School Runners of the Year: East Kentwood Boys Track Team By Jeff Hollobaugh p. 10

Running Shorts with Scott Hubbard p. 14

Book Review: Running for the Hansons By Ron Marinucci p. 16

Beyond the Chip: Think to Race Better By Herb Lindsay p. 18

No Cheating the Cheetah Queen By Rachael Steil p. 22

Notes on the Run: Looks By Daniel G. Kelsey p. 31

Running with Tom Henderson p. 52

New Balance Outdoor Nationals Photos by Victah Sailer p. 12

IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics Photos by Giancarlo Colombo p. 12

Pan Am Junior Athletic Championships Photos by Victah Sailer p. 12

Steve’s Run’s Steve Remembered By Daniel G. Kelsey p. 20

Cheetah Chase Flies Through Battle Creek Zoo By Daniel G. Kelsey p. 23

Plymouth Father’s Day Races: A Father’s Day Wish By Anthony Targan p. 24

Charlevoix Marathon Races Reach New Heights By Tracey Cohen p. 32

First Sleepy Hollow Half Marathon is a Hit By Daniel G. Kelsey p. 32

Carrollton Featues Record Turnout, Engagement at Finish Line By C. D. McEwen p. 33

Julie Run’s Julie Makes Last Race at Helm Success By C. D. McEwen p. 34

Pterodactyl Triathlon, Brighton By Charles Douglas McEwen p. 35

Aquathlon Goes Swimmingly for Rau, Hall By C. D. McEwen p. 36

Crosstown Kids’ Triathlon Photos by Carter Sherline p. 36

Atwood Picks Up for Tuuri Event, Adds Bling By Bill Khan p. 37

Milfordites Dominate Women’s Only Tri, Dri-Tri By C. D. McEwen p. 38

Howell Trek Women Triathlon Debut Makes Splash By C. D. McEwen p. 38

Record 3,300 Enjoy Luau, More at Solstice Run By C. D. McEwen p. 39

Warrior Dash Takes Flint by Storm By Bill Khan p. 40

Michigan Runner Race Series 2011 p. 40

Morgan, Reader Win Third Big Steins at Volkslaufe By C. D. McEwen p. 41

Flirt with Mud No Dud: Draws 568 By Ron Marinucci p. 42

Firecracker 5K a Real Blast By Tracey Cohen p. 42

Stockton, Scott Tear Up Torn Shirt Triathlon By C. D. McEwen p. 43

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All hail the Exis-tential Cow-boy, doomed

to hang out in sadcafés, wearing a pais-ley Stetson, debatingthe meaning of“meaning” with Jean-Boy Paul and Claude-Bob Pierre.

As a runner, unattainable goals confirmhim. Treadmills run him, not the converse.The EC runs into trouble, then out of time.

What is an Existential Cowboy? Here iswhat he’s not:

Real Cowboy: Itinerant, poorly-paid ranchhand, with bad teeth and ragged clothes, whosmells like he follows cows. An American icon.

Rhinestone Cowboy: Square-jawed, impecca-bly-groomed male model with a name likeClint Jackson or Alan Black, who sings in asouthern accent (even if he’s from Michigan)about heartaches (cheatin’, drinkin’, thedawg’s in the shop or pickup truck’s in thekennel) and redemption (their gal is true, Godbless country life and America) and wears ablack or white hat (gray or pink would be tooambivalent). Product for mass country-musicmarket.

Urban Cowboy: Throwback to same-namedfilm, made in 1980 before John Travoltalooked like a zeppelin, who tries to impressurban cowgirls by riding mechanical bulls inbars, breaking bones and vestigial organs in-cluding brains.

Dallas Cowboy: Once a representative of“America’s Team.” Now just another 6-8,350-pound, end zone-dancing thug sproutingsteroid needles like a porcupine.

John Wayne: The Duke. ‘Nuff said.

Existential Cowboys, known to hauntgraduate-school prairies, see human existenceas having underlying themes -- of anxiety,

dread and being doomed to freedom in an ab-surd and indifferent universe -- that supersedereason, religion or scientific explanations, be-cause they are primary.

Want a better grasp? Try readingKierkegaard, Sartre, Camus or Ecclesiasteswithout chug-a-lugging Drano, or running arace with strychnine, not water, stops.

Many are called, few chosen to becomeExistential Cowboys. Back in college, I dis-missed peers by saying the Meaning of Exis-tence was reducible to its acronym, i.e. ME.But lately I’ve felt my inner EC returning.There was only one thing to do: Have him di-alog with John Wayne:

EC: Duke, I’m feeling that everything is gratu-itous: this garden, this city and myself. I feelnauseous.

The Duke: Hold yer horses, pardner. Talklow, talk slow and don’t say too much.

EC: I feel alone, abandoned on earth in themidst of infinite responsibilities, without help,with no other aim than the one I set for my-self, with no other destiny than the one I forgefor myself.

The Duke: Courage is being scared to death --and saddling up anyway.

EC: Hell is … other people!

The Duke: Life is tough, but it’s tougher whenyou’re stupid.

It is no coincidence that Sartre (fromwhom the above EC quotes were gleaned) andThe Duke died within a year of each other.Sartre lived longer: he deserved it.

I await the day when the movie “Shane”is remade as “Shame: The Tale of an Existen-tial Cowboy.” As the star rides his sawhorseinto a sunset obscured by clouds, the boy willplead, “Shame, do not come back!”

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Scan results of recent boys track and fieldstate championships in Michigan. Look atthe team standings in Division 1 (the

largest schools), and you may see a pattern.

In 2007, East Kentwood finished secondwith 33 points, the first time the team had bro-ken into the top 10 since 2002.

The following year, East Kentwood placedsecond with 55 points, missing the win by amere point.

In 2009, the Falcons won with 79 points,an amazing 45-point gap ahead of the runners-up. In 2010, East Kentwood won with an as-tounding 92 points, a 48-point margin.

That spring, the team graduated virtuallyall of its stars — only one boy who had com-peted in the state finals would be back. TheFalcons’ rivals could afford to relax; they hadprobably seen the end of a short-but-impres-sive dynasty.

But wait, there’s more! This spring, EastKentwood defied expectations and dominatedagain, winning the coveted trophy with 72points, a 44-point margin.

In sports, the common term “a rebuildingyear” means a season spent on the long and ar-duous process of nurturing a new set of stars,rather than winning.

The Falcons, however, seemingly rebuiltovernight, rising to the top fueled by the hopesand hard work of a whole ensemble of youngmen anxious to prove that they could live upto the expectations of those who had worn theuniform before them.

In a sport where the best teams are createdby those who sacrifice their individual gloryfor that of the group, we felt it fitting that theEast Kentwood Falcons share Michigan Run-ner magazine’s High School Runner of theYear honors.

East Kentwood’s rise to the top was not afluke. Dave Emeott is only the third head trackcoach in school history. Before he was hired in2004, the school had already won somethinglike 26 of 35 conference track crowns.

For Emeott, a math teacher who had beena pole vaulter himself, the first step was put-ting together a solid group of coaches to workwith the 140 or so boys that came out eachspring. “It’s been a process from day one,” hesays.

The lineup now includes Ray Antel (dis-tances), Matt Burton (high jump/long jump),John Makinen (throws), Jeff McCune(sprints/relays) and Stephanie Stephenson (hur-dles). Next year, throws guru Norm Zylstrawill come onboard to help Makinen with thethrows (“John’s a victim of his own success.He’s got over 60 throwers now,” says Emeott.)Most also help out with the equally-large girlsprogram — Stephenson is the head girls coach,for instance.

It helps that East Kentwood is also one ofMichigan’s largest high schools, at 2,600 stu-dents, give or take. “Our goal,” says Emeott,“is that 10 percent of the school comes out fortrack. That gives us about three track kids inevery classroom. I think 10 percent is a re-spectable number no matter what size yourschool is.”

The student population is also blended.“Socio-economically, we’re all over the board,”Emeott continues. “We have kids whose parentsdon’t own cars and kids who drive their ownBMWs. But they run together side-by-side. It’snot unusual for some of our parents to buy shoesfor other kids who need them.”

Emeott — who typically tries to avoid thespotlight himself — has been the crucial moti-vator in making this collection of individualsinto a winning team. This spring he won theGill Athletics Mid-Atlantic Coach of the Yearaward to go along with his many other honors,but he doesn’t even mention it.

For him, the desire to be a coach goesback to his student days at Bridgeport HighSchool. “I was just a thug kid,” he says. Hecredits his high school coaches with “saving”him and wanted to do the same for others. “Ijust knew I wanted to be Doug Frank some-day,” he says.

Another track term that gets thrownaround a lot in reference to the Falcons is“depth.” The team has depth like crazy, mean-ing that it has so many good athletes that ifone has a bad day, there are many others topick up the slack. A coach can afford to resthis top athletes more, instead of running themin the maximum allowable four events permeet, every meet.

“We run two dual meets a week, plus invi-tationals,” says Emeott. “We’ve tried to ex-press that we all (coaches statewide) run ourkids too much. We have our own limits, sayingthat a kid can only run four or five events aweek, and they have to make choices.” Thatallows the coaching staff to prepare the top

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kids more effectively for the big meets at theend of the season. “Too many kids in our stateare burned out by the end of the year,” he says.

Senior Ricco Hall is a case in point. “If wehad run Ricco in the 200 meters more, I’msure he would have been great,” says Emeott.Instead, he focused Hall on the 400 and 100meters, plus two relays, the 4x200 and 4x400.Hall had moved from Wyoming Park the pre-vious summer, where he had finished fifth inthe 2010 Division 2 400-meter finals with atime of 49.46.

Emeott was heartened to hear that Hallwould be a part of the team, figuring that hewould be competitive. Then in the fall, Hallran a 40-second time trial as part of the speedand conditioning program that Emeott man-ages for all the school’s sports.

The coach, on the road to a clinic, missedthe trial himself. But he got the call. “I don’tthink he’s what you think he is,” said an assis-tant. “He finished fifth on the team, and oneof the kids who beat him is a baseball player.His arms and legs were everywhere.”

Hall stuck with the program, even thoughhis form still looked rough during the MichiganIndoor Track Series in the winter. Once springhit, the hard work began to show dividends.

“I felt the stability of the program rightaway,” Hall says. “There’s a togetherness onthis team. I didn’t expect my times to drop likethey did. The coaches know what they’redoing. All you have to do is trust them.”

At the state finals, Hall won the 100 inone of the fastest times in state history, 10.55.He stayed on the track for the next event, the4x200 relay, where he led off another winningeffort. A short time later, he came back tocrush the 400-meter field with a stunning47.00. Then he closed off the afternoon by an-choring the winning 4x400 relay.

Remember depth? Depth is realizing that

even without Hall’s heroics, East Kentwood stillwould have won the team trophy. And eventhough the coaches kept Hall, the state’s fastestsprinter, off the 4x100 relay team, that foursomeof unheralded youngsters still placed second inthe state, missing the win by 0.03 seconds. “Wedidn’t know that they would step up. That wasthe shock of the year,” Emeott says.

There are other payoffs to having the lux-ury of resting your team and peaking themmore carefully. The day before the state finals,a coach from the University of Nebraska cameto watch Hall at practice. The morning afterthe finals, he signed Hall to a full scholarship.

“This was the hardest working group ofkids that we’ve ever had,” says Emeott. “Theprevious year, we had maybe 20 working thathard, and we probably lost sight of the others.This year, we were not sure of what we weregetting, but all of them worked as hard as theycould work.”

Some of the learning comes from team vet-erans. Spencer Clark,who recently gradu-ated and is bound forMichigan State, says,“The six captainswould help theyounger people a lot.Alumni would alsocome back to teach usthings.”

In part, the teamwas inspired by thelate, great basketballcoach John Wooden’sPyramid of Success.“We spent 15 minutesof each practice talk-ing about character,”says Emeott. “Wedidn’t talk muchabout competition;

we talked about being better people and work-ing harder.

“It’s really a brotherhood. I don’t seemuch jealousy among the guys, which sur-prises me,” he says.

Hall will remember Emeott as being “verystraightforward. He’s a very smart guy.”

“He’s a father figure, once you get toknow him,” Clark adds. “And he has hisfunny side.”

Emeott, who with his wife Heather hasthree children, finds that the large amount oftime he spends with his team ties in with hisfamily’s values.

“It’s God, family, school and athletics,” hesays. “There are things that are way more im-portant than track and field.

“My own kids are at the track all the time.They’re the biggest fans of the team. My wife’saround all the time, even though she’s not abig sports fan. She’s more proud that we workhard to get these kids into college.”

In 2010, 30 of 33 seniors went on to col-lege; the numbers are similar this year.

“I’m thankful for all the support we get,from MITCA (the coaches association), thecommunity, our alumni. It’s cool to know peo-ple still care,” says Emeott.

“Sometimes you hear that our sport isdying. From here, I see it as alive and well.”

Writer and Pinckney High School English teacher

Jeff Hollobaugh has chronicled Michigan high

school track and cross-country for more than 30

years. The former Track & Field News editor’s

first novel, “Fire, Barbed Wire & Tacks,” is

available at http://jeffhollobaugh.com

and amazon.com - MR -

MSHAA Track & Field Finals LP, Division 1, Rockford, June 4, 2011

Team Score: East Kentwood 72

Points Event Place Athlete1 discus 8 Joe Marek, 147-104 pole vault 5 Justin Williams, 14-048 long jump 2 Houston Glass, 21-11.508 110m hurdles 2 Chris James, 14.17, School Record

10 100 m dash 1 Ricco Hall, 10.55, Meet Record

10 4x200 m relay 1 Ricco Hall, Chris James, Houston Glass, Jalen Stovall, 1:26.34, Meet

Record

8 4x100m relay 2 East Kentwood team, 42.4110 400 m dash 1 Ricco Hall, 47.00, Meet Record

3 300m hurdles 6 Chris James, 39.4210 4x400m relay 1 Chris James, Ernie Morton,

Joe Riggins, Ricco Hall, 3:19.95From results: http://mhsaa.com/Sports/GirlsTrackField/2011FinalsResults.aspx

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IAAF World Youth Championships in AthleticsLille, France, July 6-10, 2011

Alexandra Leptich1st, 3000 m steeplechase, 10:39.46

Kendall Baisden6th) 400 meter dash, 53.01

Hannah Meier (1595)9th, 1500 meter run, 4:20.65 PB

Kyra Jefferson3rd, 100 meter dash, 11.88

Bridgette Owens2nd, 100 meter hurdles, 13.46

Pan Am Junior Athletic ChampionshipsMiramar, Florida, July 22-24, 2011*

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Greensboro,NCJune 16-18,2011

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Trivia: Who were the last American man and

woman to win the Crim 10-mile?

When I Was Somebody Else

Earlier this year in this space, I revisitedcontents of a newsletter I wrote from August1981 until spring 1983. I focused on issues in“News & Views” from 1981, 30 years ago.

Picking up on the theme of looking backthree decades in this, my 30th year writing thiscolumn, I dug out my 1981 training log. It’sbeen at least five years since I’ve done a mod-est amount of running and 15 years since themiles came easily and were reasonably satisfy-ing. A look through the ‘81 log elicited amixed bag of memories, all tied together by afairly serious approach to running and racing.

I was 28 years old, worked in a school andlived in downtown Ann Arbor then. It was agood place to head out in all directions intothe area hills, trails and river valley.

I totaled 3,925 miles in 1980 and in mid-Oc-tober, ran a PR with a 2:28:56 in the Detroit FreePress Marathon. Still fit, I ran a 31:25 10K inNovember and a 19:44 4-mile in December.

A few weeks after the marathon, I beganrunning some with Karen Blackford, the 1979FP Marathon winner -- and soon we were dat-ing. Things were going well heading into thenew year.

I wouldn’t have guessed so at the time, butJanuary ended as my biggest monthly mileagemonth for ‘81 with 419, an unlikely develop-ment considering winter weather. I ran twice aday on 21 of January’s 31 days, racking upfour straight 100 plus-mile weeks (there wouldonly be four more 100 plus-mile weeks thatyear). Temperatures ranged from -2° to 42°.

On Jan. 24 I ran an indoor 2-mile race in

9:33 and in my log noted, “worst race sincefreshman year in college.” I guess it didn’t goas hoped. I immediately cut back on mileageand February wound up as my lowest mileagemonth with 94. I got my high and low totalsout of the way right away.

I played it by the book in March, easingback into it, adding a little more each week. Byearly April, I was up to a 100 plus-mile weekwith a 6 x 880-yard (many tracks were still inyards vs. meters) workout in midweek.

I got ill in mid-April and laid low for twoweeks. In May I strung together three weeksover 85 miles (there would be 16 weeks over85 miles for the year). On May 9 I ran the OldKent (now Fifth Third) River Bank Run 25Kwith Karen in 1:34:07. She passed 10 miles in59:50 and finished second to Joan Benoit, whoset an American record in 1:26:20.

My target race for May was the Dexter-Ann Arbor 15-miler, a race I directed from1980 to 1983. Yes, I ran in the race I directed,three of four years.

My May 23, Dex-AA race day notes: “Time- 82:02 (worth just under 85:00 for 25K for per-spective), am pleased, 53:56 through 10 miles.Felt numb whole day, all things went well, every-one did a good job in their areas. A lot morepeace of mind than last year.”

I can’t explain being able to juggle the de-mands of racing and directing the race. Theraces, 15 and seven miles with an Ann ArborHuron High (my alma mater) finish, became ahalf-marathon and 10K with a downtown AnnArbor finish in 1982.

More from my training log:

June 2: 10-mile race in Petoskey, 55:09.

June 23: Karen runs a 5:14 mile at theAnn Arbor Track Club Fun Run. (She didn’tstart running until age 25. A few career high-lights: won four Free Press Marathons, secondin another, 2:43 PR and ran in two U.S.Olympic Trials marathons.)

July 4: 10K in Ypsi in 33:18, tough course.

July 18: Alpenfest 7.5-mile race in Gay-lord, 39:11 for 10th place, 5:13 per mile.

Crim week of Aug. 23-29: Sunday - morn41 minutes, eve 41 minutes. Monday - morn41 minutes, eve 61 minutes. Tuesday - morn43 minutes, eve 63 minutes. Wednesday -morn 35 minutes, eve 43 minutes. Thursday -40 minutes. Friday - 42 minutes. Saturday - 10miles in 52:59, very humid, decent run, top 50,finish with Gary Wolfram.

On Aug. 30, Sept. 2, 3 and 9, I ran with Uni-versity of Michigan cross-country runners Lisa

(Larsen) Rainsberger, Sue (Frederick) Foster andMelanie (Weaver) Barnett. All were juniors at thetime and would go on to exceptional college ca-reers. Lisa continued on to a prosperous pro ca-reer with many notable accomplishments,including three fourth places in the Olympic Tri-als Marathon, a 2:28 marathon PR and a win inthe ’85 Boston Marathon.

My fall target race was the Free PressMarathon. But overbearing fatigue set in inmid-September and it took me a month to feelright again.

On my birthday, Oct. 27, I ran 64 minutesin 50° drizzle. A few days later I ran a fewmiles with my brother Don, an Ann ArborHuron High superstar and fine collegian atEastern Michigan University.

On Nov. 8, I ran 33:18 in the East LansingState Bank 10K. In 1984, the ELSB race wouldhost the first prize-money race in Michigan.

Toward the end of November, I startedwearing weight gloves, indicated in my log witha “WG.” There was a spot on the back of eachleather glove to put in two different weights, nei-ther very heavy as you can imagine.

On Thanksgiving I ran 2 hours 11 minuteswith friend Greg Henry in Jenison and Allendale.

Dec. 5 was the Christmas Stocking 4-mileat its original location, Flushing High School.Unfortunately, the lead police vehicle missedthe last turn three-fourths of a mile from thefinish, and the top 35 to 40 runners, includingme, went off course. I passed three miles in15:33, good for only about 25th to that pointin the very fast field. All those who missed theturn jogged to the finish, stunned by the turnof events.

Approval for my first course certification,measuring the new Dexter-Ann Arbor half-marathon, came at the end of December. Evenafter a few hundred certification measurementssince then, the Dex-AA half-marathon courseremains the most difficult ever due to trying toride the shortest possible route along the wind-ing roads, around blind turns of Huron RiverDrive. In 1986, I became the TAC (nowUSATF) chair for course certification in Michi-gan, a position I still hold.

On Christmas Day, I put in 51 minutes inthe morning and 57 in the afternoon for a totalof 15 miles. On the last day of ‘81, I ran 10miles, bringing the annual total to 3,827. Forvarious reasons, most having to do with over-doing it, I missed 26 days during the year.

On the first day of '82, it rained overnightand iced up the roads. I ran 60 minutes in the

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morning and fell once on my side. I went 40more minutes on the icy roads in the afternoonand felt fine.

All of those miles and experiences, racesand 7-minute miles in training, plans anddashed hopes happened over half my lifetimeago. There’s a small amount of wondering,“Who was that guy?” when I compare the

events of ‘81 to 10, 20 and 30 years later.

Part of the answer is easy enough; I wasswept up in the early days of the ‘70s runningboom and maintained an interest in performanceand health that was good through the ’80s.

The other part of the answer is that withtime come changes: I’m no longer capable of5:42 per mile for a marathon, running twice a

day or much running at all now.

In a mocking way I used to be somebody,now I’m somebody else. I’m not the same guy,but I am the same guy with a passionate-but-tempered view of the sport and the exercise Iget in.

Answer: Ken Martin won Crim in 1990 and Lynn

Jennings in 1993. - MR -

“Running for the Hansons: An Insider’s Account of

the Brooks-Sponsored Marathon Training Group

Made Famous by Olympian Brian Sell” by Sage

Canaday, 2011. 321 pp., paperback. $12.95.

Vo2max Productions, LLC: Rochester, Mich.

What Michigan runner hasn’t seen thebright red, black and yellow racingshorts and singlets of the Hansons-

Brooks Distance Project runners? They’re preva-lent at top state races, with team members oftenleading the packs. And over the past four or fiveyears, the rest of the U.S. racing scene has dis-covered Hansons-Brooks too -- in big ways.

The program’s story is well known. Broth-ers Kevin and Keith Hanson, proprietors of thespecialty running stores bearing their names,were concerned about the then-dismal state ofAmerican distance running.

Wanting to give back to the sport they love,the Hansons began a team of store-sponsoredrunners. Several years later, Brooks came onboard. Between them, they “provide financialbonuses, act as agents, coaches … provide gearand pay the rent.” Runners are also given jobsin the Hanson stores and live in Rochester areahouses found by the brothers.

Most of the Hansons-Brooks runnersweren’t national champions or all-American col-legians. The Hansons took in promising runnerswho wanted to improve their running after col-lege. Slowly but surely, these committed athletesdid just that, culiminating in the 2008 Olympicappearance of Brian Sell and, more recently,Desi Davila’s second-place at the BostonMarathon.

Sage Canaday became a member of theteam in 2009. A graduate of Cornell University,he had some Ivy League running success, butthat was about it.

Yet Canaday had a dream, “to see how fast Icould run 26.2 miles.” Through the grapevine, hediscovered Hansons-Brooks “was the place to beto make that dream a reality.”

“Running for the Hansons” tells his storyof training for the 2010 Boston Marathon and

trying to qualify for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Tri-als Marathon.

Part diary/memoir and part history of Han-sons-Brooks, “Running for the Hansons” is in-teresting reading, especially for Michiganrunners. Canaday vividly captures the excite-ment of success and the depths of disappoint-ment. Readers feel the camaraderie ofteammates training, racing, working and livingtogether. And amid the occasional coarse lan-guage, there is humor.

There are snapshot profiles of the Hansons,their running careers, entrepreneurship andcoaching. Canaday explains their philosophy oftraining: “Every single day is push, push, push!Six-minute miles or faster all the time ... AtHansons you beat yourself up day in and dayout; you go into workouts tired and hope youcan recover fast.”

A highlight of the book is recounting theworkouts, the long-run battles for instance.They “evolved into blood baths that test eachrunner’s will to cover 20 miles as fast as possi-ble,” writes Canaday. “A Hansons runner is atough runner, an underdog, a runner that simul-taneously supports his/her teammates while try-ing to kill them” (in workouts).

One particular “blood bath” with team-

mates eventually involved Davila. The descrip-tion of her efforts in that training run helps ex-plain her runner-up finish this spring in Boston.

The Hansons-Brooks philosophy works. Al-though, “Brian (Sell) is really what put the Han-sons program on the map;” writes Canaday,“no other club in the country has had as muchdepth in the marathon.”

Drew Polley, a more-recent addition to theHansons stable who qualified for the 2012Olympics Trials Marathon with a 2:16 atBoston last year, admitted, “I couldn’t havetrained at the level that I am now if I were bymyself ... It would be hard to get motivated torun such volume and intensity.” Olympian Sellcredits his teammates for motivating him andhelping him run fast.

We meet many of the team members -- train-ing, racing, working in the stores and living in thetraining houses. Canaday provides thumbnails formany of them, past and present. Interesting in-sights are provided by Lake Orion runner ClintVerran, an original Hansons-Brooks member. Heremembers the program’s earliest days whileworking to become a top-ranked national and in-ternational competitor.

There are also glimpses of life in “the run-ning houses” and working in the Hansonsstores. Canaday’s characterizations may offendsome and make stereotypes of others, but theyare funny.

The book’s final pages are devoted to adiary of Polley’s training that led to his break-through at Boston and Canaday’s discussion oftraining. The latter is too brief and vague, butperhaps offers hope of another book by him.

There’s not much on the women’s program,just the wonderful account of the Davila trainingrun and a few other snippets. And although Cana-day mentions runners who have left the program,there’s not much depth as to reasons why.

Those who’ve followed Hansons-Brookswill gain interesting insights into the programand its personalities. Newcomers will be pushedto follow them more closely.

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Running for the HansonsBook Review

By Ron Marinucci

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Beyond the Chip

Confident and successful runners thinkstrong throughout their races. Like aracecar driver reviewing gauges on the

dashboard, thinking helps runners monitorand adjust their form, control respiratory rateand produce quiet, strong movement.

Positive thinking enhances the running ex-perience. A mentally-prepared runner who haspracticed and can execute his or her race planwill likely outperform an unprepared opponentwith no such plan.

Rather than concentrate on practiced paceand planned moves, unprepared runners areapt to focus on the pain of a punishing pacewith uneasiness and a questioning mind thatdiminishes their will to succeed.

Unprepared racers are more likely to settlefor shuffling painfully home, while others racetriumphantly to a satisfying finish.

Whatever your competitive race experi-ence is, it’s possible and beneficial to improvehow you think in training and during the raceto create a positive experience.

It starts with developing a strategy cen-tered on what you desire. What are yourgoals? Ask yourself: what do I want to achieveand what will bring feelings of greatest satis-faction? Goals can be focused on pace, posi-tion in the race, course landmarks or a creativecombination of these.

Experienced runners first achieve basic fit-ness that allows confident completion of therace distance. Runners who aspire to improvedrace performance then focus on specific pace-per-mile workouts to train mind and body forthe higher challenge. These workouts willguide setting pace goals.

Steady pace racing is energy efficient andoften the most effective race plan. Think to re-mind yourself of the rewards of staying onyour goal pace. Disciplined thinking is impor-tant to setting and maintaining target pace.

At the start it is important to intentionallyhold a slower pace when many over-excitedrunners go out too fast. The third quarter ofraces is typically where the pace slows. Disci-plined and prepared runners will push at thispoint and often repeat word thoughts as re-minders: “Push now. Good.”

Satisfying race achievements can also comethrough setting a position goal. Refer to yourpast race results to set a position goal that ischallenging and realistic.

Position goals may include maintainingcontact with a key rival, or working to main-tain the lead or other position in the field ofcompetitors.

Setting such a goal may also include dura-tion of the effort. Your position goal may be tomaintain contact with a faster rival beyondwhere you have in the past.

Once a goal is reached, whether durationof pace or position, it can be extended to in-clude a landmark closer to the finish. Thinking“each step brings me closer to the finish” cancreate motivation to maintain optimal paceand position further into your race.

While steady pace training and racing is en-ergy efficient, it may not be enough to achievedesired success in competitive races among expe-rienced runners. Intentional pace change runningcan also contribute to race goals, but it too re-quires practice in training. Selected training runsshould simulate how you wish your body -- andmind -- to perform when initiating or respondingto strategic pace changes.

An aggressive pace change strategy mightinclude sustained 400- to 1,000-meter acceler-ation(s) at selected places in the race. Whilepotentially risky, it is more likely to achieve de-sired results if it has been practiced successfullyin training. While racing, remind yourself ofyour preparations for making the move andthink about how good it will feel when it con-tributes to a new PR or performance that isbetter than a strong longtime rival.

Pace-change challenges are often intimi-dating to less-experienced runners. Since theyare not mentally prepared for the move, it maybe hard for them to successfully respond. It’slikely they will think the opponent to be in-credibly race fit and superior, or crazy.

When a gap develops, the mentally-pre-pared runner thinks “it’s time to keep push-ing.” This kind of breakaway move can be ahuge confidence booster that leads to a best-ever performance. More practice and more op-portunities to test strategic moves will lead tomore satisfying results.

In contrast, it is relatively easy for experi-enced race rivals to respond to a poorly-planned move by a less-experienced opponent.Experience guides their disciplined, patient andpurposeful response.

They are confident in affirming their abil-ity to bridge back and sustain pace over the en-tire course. They know that small moves are

wasted energy and to be effective, pace changechallenges need to be strong, disciplined andvary in length and duration.

Experimenting in training and testing thestrategy in racing will provide more for the se-rious runner to think about.

Knowledge of the course is also importantto designing and applying a successful racestrategy using landmark goals.

Develop your ability to visualize thecourse with a bird’s eye view. This thinkingproduces a vision of the course that guidespace selection and helps you choose the bestplaces to execute race strategy.

Sharp turns, steep climbs and descents canbecome useful to designing a race plan. Land-marks are also good intermediate goals forpace, place and duration goals.

Mentally rehearse seeing each one come intoview and work to it. Once you arrive at the land-mark goal, focus on and work to the next. Cele-brate your success and enjoy satisfaction thatcomes with successfully reaching each.

These in-race thoughts affirm progressthat supports confident racing all the way tothe finish line.

Confidence grows when planned and re-hearsed strategies work to help achieve goals. Ifthey don’t work, the gained experience providesimportant lessons in how to adjust training andracing goals and strategies for future successes.

Whatever your goals and strategies, it isimportant to think positively about your in-race accomplishments. Praise yourself for suc-cessfully executing the plan even if only aportion of it worked.

Thinking “yes, I can” helps you sustainwhatever is needed to finish. Thinking the op-posite will create a shuffling struggle to finishcommon to many runners.

Remember, your thoughts create your ex-perience. What do you want?

Think -- and race on! Your successes willcome!

Michigan native/now Fremont teacher Herb Lind-

say is former U.S. record holder at the half-

marathon and 10 miles. He was America’s No.

1-Ranked Road Racer in 1980 and 1981, accord-

ing to The Runner magazine. He may be reached

at runsinthewds.hotmail.com. - MR -

Think to Race BetterBy Herb Lindsay


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DOWAGIAC (7/30/11) -- Twenty-five yearsafter Steven Briegel graduated from DowagiacUnion High School, 25 of his classmates, giveor take a few, took center stage at Steve’s Run.

Their presence not only revived the memoryof their old friend, it raised money to fight can-cer, the disease that took Briegel’s life in 1990.

Many of about 1,100 other people whoran or walked the 10K or 5K did so in honorof those they’ve known whose lives have beenaltered by cancer. The money they spent onentry fees and pledges went to the StevenBriegel Scholarship Fund or to Mayo Cliniccancer research.

In 1990, what until then had gone by thename of the Original Road and Trail Race be-came known as Steve’s Run. That made the2011 version the 37th annual running of therace and the 22nd in Briegel’s honor.

But Steve, the person, was more than a titleon an event to his former classmates in the race,among them Elaine Tuel, 43, of Salem, Ohio.

Tuel went through 13 years of school inDowagiac with Briegel, culminating in gradua-tion in 1986. “I had a crush on him,” she saidbefore the race. “We all had crushes on him.”

She described how a troublesome problem

would come up in a math class, the girls wouldsend her to Briegel, he’d explain the answer“clear as a bell,” and she’d take the explana-tion back to the girls.

“He actually got all us girls through calcu-lus,” Tuel said. “He was quiet and shy, though.I don’t think he knew we had crushes on him.”

She said she valued Steve’s Run because itgave her a chance to reunite with classmatesand renew acquaintance with Briegel’s parents,David and Camille.

David Briegel served as president of South-western Michigan College in Dowagiac from1981 to 1998. Briegel, the son, earned an asso-ciate degree from SMC in 1988, graduatingwith honors at about the time of his diagnosiswith lymphoma.

Among Briegel’s fellow college graduatesin 1988 was Julie Ruff, his schoolmate for 15years. Speaking before this year’s race, whichshe walked (with Tuel) in 50:20, Ruff, 43, ofDowagiac described Steve’s Run as bittersweet.

“He made a difference in life,” she said.“It’s too bad it wascut short.”

She remembered ahappy and fun per-son. “Always smart,

too,” she said. “He was the go-to guy whenyou had a question about anything; chemistry,calculus.”

He faced his disease with dignity. “He wasalways strong,” Ruff said. “Positive. He tookit in stride.”

Surely then, avid sports fan that he was,Briegel would appreciate the hundreds of peoplewho each year take his namesake race in stride.

He would have honored, as they honoredhim, the winners of this year’s 10K, MichaelNussa, 20, of Fort Wayne, Ind. (34:04) andValerie Burns, 19, of Granger, Ind. (40:52);and 5K, Justin Kowalski, 25, of Mishawaka,Ind. (15:53) and Madeline Goheen, 21, of FortWayne, Ind. (19:20).

He would have applauded all the partici-pants who dedicated their race to those who’vefought the battle with disease.

My run in the 5K (22:15) was dedicated toKathi, my brother’s wife, twice a conqueror ofcancer. - MR -

Steve’s Run, Dowagiac

By Daniel G. Kelsey

Julia Benes (#1068), age 8, of Chicago, leads a pack across the golf course. The Steve’s Run course also features acemetary, a nature preserve, the campus of Southwestern Michigan College and the Roadrunner cross country trails.

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Since I was called “Cheetah” by mostwho knew me, the Cheetah Chase 5K at BinderPark Zoo was my place to shine.

“You have to win it,” my college teammateCarly Plank confirmed. “You’re the cheetah!”

I discovered my love for cheetahs at agefive when I received a stuffed-animal cheetahfrom the Easter bunny. I didn’t recognize thecat upon first receiving it, but Dad helped toclear things up.

“That,” he said, “is the fastest mammal inthe world!”

I held the spotted beast close to my chest asI mulled his words. Then I thought, “I run fast.And cheetahs run fast. So this has to be my fa-vorite animal!”

Thus began years of playing “cheetah tag”with my friends, adorning my room walls withcheetah posters and collecting every cheetah-print item possible.

It also explains why I drove 80 minutes toBattle Creek for one little 5K race in the mist ofsummer. I had run the Chase last year (thanksto Carly’s recommendation) and came backeager to take the overall crown again.

I did so not just to say that I won the Chee-tah Chase, but to take home the ultimate prize:an imprint of a real cheetah’s footprint in a clayplaque.

I was so overwhelmed when I won this lastyear it reduced me to tears of gratitude. Ithanked the race director profusely for theaward.

Now that my goal was to win four ofthese, I had to come back to claim my title. Ihad to win. For the cheetahs, man.

Last year’s win had been easy. I treated therace like a tempo workout, coasting in with asmile after 3.1 miles of running comfortablythrough the forested zoo and observing the ex-otic wildlife: everything from colorful peacocksto galloping zebras.

I had planned to do the same this year ...until she arrived: a girl who looked like a col-lege athlete, wearing blue zebra-print shorts,crept to my shoulder about a half-mile into thewindy, hilly race.

I could not believe it. A small race like this?A girl this determined to beat me? I never sawher last year!

After the first mile, zebra-girl took off.Took off! This was no ignorant racer sprintingto take an early lead and dying out soon after. Her form was smooth and relaxed, and shewasn’t breathing hard. Zebra-girl was notmessing around.

That sure screwed up my plans. There wasno use exhausting myself during summer races,as a long college cross country season waited.Still, how much did I want to win this?

Would it be worth coming all the way outhere to lose to one person? Lose my belovedplaque? Pay money to lose?

“Lose, lose, lose” kept running through myhead. I wanted to win this race, dangit! Thisgirl was messing up what I had pictured as alovely, calm race. I’d actually have to work forthis thing!

“Win, win, win!” became my new motto as Igave a small surge and began the hunt. Sportingmy neon cheetah-print shorts, I took after thezebra. It truly was a cheetah chase today.

Zebra-girl had put a gap on me on the hilli-est part of the course. But by the two-milemark, as the course went downhill, I releasedthe power of my long legs and closed the gapwithin seconds.

I was hungry for the win. And with thatsurge of adrenaline, I hammered it. I had afamily to “feed” at home with the news of awin and a plaque to prove it.

I raced around tight corners of the board-walk, shot off down the dirt trails and poweredup mounds. I pushed away guys racing backand forth with me; couldn’t they see that Ididn’t care about whether I beat them? I justwanted to scoot past and claim my prize!

Thank goodness my desire to win over-

came my conservativeness; soon I found myselfcoasting to the finish in first place. Yes, pickingup the pace was worth it. Goal of the summeraccomplished.

As I approached the awards table after-ward, the women working it shuffled throughpaper bags that held prizes. “Overall female,” Iblurted quickly. I wasn’t concerned about thepride of winning; I just wanted that dang chee-tah paw-print plaque in my hands.

They smiled and handed me a package. Mystomach dropped to my feet. This package wassmaller and lighter than last year’s. I tentativelyopened it to find …a cell phone case. A blackcell phone case with “Binder Park Zoo”printed on the front of it.

I stared at the thing with horror and disbe-lief. This was my prize? I did not want to feelungrateful, but I had not driven all this wayand battled that girl to end up with this measlyaward.

I stood there for five minutes, looked backdown at the case, then up again. I wondered howto deal with this upset. This was not right.

I approached the table again, peering at theother packages. I made my way to where thewomen were standing and pretended to shufflethrough my bag while looking closer at thepackages out of the corner of my eye. I sensed Iwas making them uncomfortable, but I had tosee if this was right.

There were bigger packages, many of themlabeled “Overall.” I obviously had not receivedone like this.

I perked up a little. Had they just been con-fused? Forgotten to give me the true prize? Iasked.

“Hmmm ...” said one of the ladies, lookingdown at the packages while I nervously tossedthe tiny one holding the useless cell phone caseback and forth between my hands.

“Ah yes, there does seem to be anotherprize for the overall!” she said, grabbing apackage (bigger and heavier, of course) off thetable. “Sorry about that.”

Yes, yes, yes! I thought. The long drive andmy hard work would be rewarded.

I greedily took the prize and thanked her. Iscrambled to rip it open and there it was, asbeautiful as ever -- a spectacular engraving of acheetah footprint, cast in a sunset-orange clayplaque. It was mine, all mine!

The Cheetah Chase winner returned homewith a meal of victory.

No Cheating the Cheetah QueenBy Rachael Steil

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BATTLE CREEK (6/25/11) -- She’s from Kenya,the world’s fastest runner. She’s the cheetah.

A sprinter by nature, with little staying powerand dwindling space in her natural range, sheneeds humans to go the distance for her.

So she kept out of sight in her enclosure as1,683 people paid for the privilege of runningor walking a 5K in the Cheetah Chase at BinderPark Zoo.

That population of humans beggars the 500to 1,000 cheetahs estimated to remain in thewild in Kenya, according to the Web site chee-tah.org. Race director Amy Riegel said dollarsfrom the Chase would go toward wildlife con-servation.

“It’s a very good cause, an important ef-fort,” Riegel said. “We partner with the Chee-tah Conservation Fund-Kenya.”

Now five years old, the Chase draws a healthypopulation of families, maybe in part because of azoo day pass included with registration.

The course takes the field through major zooexhibits. Runners pass over a boardwalk amongpens, a trail beside a brook, a boardwalk amonggrasslands and path among woods.

Here a kookaburra shouts a serenade. Therea set of elephant bones lies exposed in a hollow,an object lesson in the vulnerability of wildlife.

If anyone expected to run a fast pace, nevermind the 70-mph top speed of a cheetah, theypicked the wrong chase. All those ups anddowns; stretches of pavement, gravel and sand;and sharp corners on the boardwalks added upto a slowdown.

Bryan Harvey, 17, of Otsego said before thestart he hoped to go under 16:30 and, if possi-ble, win. “But I’ve never done this race,” hesaid. “And there are some fast guys here.”

Harvey posted a 17:26, coming in fourthbehind Connor Mora, 16, of Cedar Springs(16:27), Morgan Timiney, 18, of Kalamazoo(17:04) and Charlton Craig, 17, of Schoolcraft(17:23).

Michigan Runner contributor Rachael Steil,19, of Grandville posted an 18:59 on thewomen’s side to defeat Amanda Weaver, 20, ofMarshall (19:20).

Such a short list of youthful leaders fromMichigan belies the age and geographical rangeof runners in the Chase.

Nine-year-olds ran with 63-year-olds. A resi-dent of De Tour Village in the Upper Peninsularan with residents of Connecticut, Florida, Geor-

gia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, New Jersey, NorthCarolina, Ohio, Oregon and Saudi Arabia.

Race organizers could hardly have gottenmore pleasure out of the Chase’s human popula-tion. The number of registrants exceeded the pre-vious high-water mark for the event by some 40percent.

“We’ve had a record year. We’re prettythrilled,” Riegel said. “This year it’s sort ofgone nuts.”

May it never go wild. If the number of peoplerunning through Binder Park Zoo ever matchesthe number of cheetahs in the wild -- up to 12,000worldwide, but most commonly in Namibia --then the Chase might get out of hand. It would bea shame if the race landed on the endangeredspecies list along with its namesake.

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PLYMOUTH (6/19/11) -- It had become anannual tradition in the Targan household.Every June my daughters Becca and Lexi,sometimes prompted by their mother, wouldask me, “What do you want for Father’s Day,Dad?”

The usual dress shirts and ties were alwayswelcome, but when I became a runner at age40, my answer to that question began tochange.

“What I really want this year is for you torun a race with me on Father’s Day,” I wouldsay, hopefully. But every year their responsewas the same: “DAD! Don’t ask us to do that!Anything but that!”

As they turned into teenagers, this re-sponse was also punctuated with rolling eyes,heavy sighs and general disdain. Over time,this call and response became our little ritual.

I have been running nearly 10 years andmy girls are now in their early twenties and at-tend the University of Michigan. But when Ihabitually asked again this year if they wouldrace on Father’s Day, to my surprise, Becca fi-nally said “Yes!” (Lexi sensibly declined be-cause she has not been running lately.)

As we lined up for the start of the 10K indowntown Plymouth on Father’s Day morn-ing, I could not help myself from offering fa-therly advice to Becca: “It’s a flat course, butdon’t start out too fast! Try to run negativesplits. It’s deceptively hot today, so be sure todrink at every water stop.” She cut me off gen-tly with “Dad, I know.” The plan was to eachrun our own race, and then I would backtrackand run in with her to the finish.

Prior to the 10K, hundreds of other run-ners had already competed in the earlierevents. In the 1-mile race, Curtis Vollmar ofYpsilanti (4:31.0) was first among 221 finish-ers, edging Nicholas Katsefaus of Pinckney(4:35.1) and Shane Logan of Pontiac (4:37.5).In the women’s mile, Katie Jazwinski of Dexterwon in 4:58.7, with Angela Matthews of West-land (5:01.3) and Sarah Boyle of South Lyon(5:02.3) close behind.

The same three women topped the 5K,with Jazwinski first again in 17:00.3 (5:29pace), Boyle second (17:05.7) and Matthewsthird (17:35.3). In the men’s 5K, Vollmar wonagain in 15:21.0 (a 4:57 pace), PatrickGrosskopf of East Lansing (15:29.7) finishedsecond and Katsefaus third (15:46.4). In all,934 runners finished the 5K.

The confluence of medalists in the mileand 5K set up an exciting showdown in the

10K, the last race in the “Triple.” All threeraces are run consecutively, with only a fewminutes in between, adding to the challenge.

Finishing first of 365 runners in the 10K,Vollmar completed the men’s sweep with atime of 32:20.1 (5:13 pace). Clint Verran ofLake Orion, last year’s Triple winner, took sec-ond in 32:29.1 and Grosskopf third in32:32.2.

Jazwinski also swept the women’s races,taking the 10K in 36:10.5 (5:50/mile), fol-lowed by Boyle (36:20.9). Matthews, lastyear’s Triple champ,claimed third in37:55.6.

With so many re-peat winners, therewas little doubt whowon this year’s Triplecrowns. Vollmar(combined time of52:12.2) easily outdis-tanced runner-upGrosskopf (52:45.0)and third-place placeKatsefaus (52:57.1).

The women’sTriple winners werethe same 1-2-3 --Jazwinski (58:09.6),Boyle (58:29.0) and

Matthews (1:00:32.3).

Male masters Triple win-ners were Jay Owens(1:02:27.3), Doug Ogden(1:03:21.6) and Roger Lara(1:05:29.0). The top femalemasters were LisaVeneziano (1:03:46.8),Marybeth Reader(1:05:57.6) and DonnaOlson (1:16:09.1).

Given that temperatureswere cooler than last year’srace, my own 10K wentquite well, but this year myprize did not lie at the fin-ish line.

After catching my breath,I backtracked on the 10Kcourse until I saw Becca atthe 5-mile mark. Shelooked strong, confidentand even happy -- an emo-tion I rarely experienceduring the heat of mid-race exertion.

We ran together mostly in silence that lastmile. As we turned the final corner and sawthe balloons marking the finish line, she has-tened her stride in a sprint to the finish.

I peeled off to the side, proudly watchingher go on ahead, and happy to have my Fa-ther’s Day wish granted at last.

Anthony Targan is a regular contributor to Michi-

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Plymouth Father’s Day Races: A Father’s Wish YMCA Father’s Day Run, Plymouth

By Anthony Targan

Melanie Peters (#67), Katie Jazwinski (#82) and An-thony Lee (#2266) lead a pack in the 10K.

Anthony Targan and daugher, Becca, ran the 10K.

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At some point it began to irk me, in asmall way, having to pay an administra-tive fee to pre-register online for a race.

I’d rather pay $5 extra at late registration than$2 and change to some faceless technician. Atleast the $5 went to the event itself.

Nevertheless, for convenience sake, I gotwith the program. That is, until the programmisfired.

The trouble started when a generous offerpromised to free me from caregiving for a fewhours. Wow, I could run a race I hadn’tplanned for. I was so taken by surprise as toregister a whole day in advance. Only, at theappointed hour, when I needed to leave for therace, my surrogate caregiver didn’t show, trap-ping me at home. Both fees, entry and adminis-trative, went out the window.

Then and there I vowed never again topre-register online.

So, early this year, when my brochure for asignature race came in the mail, I set it aside.Because of injury I couldn’t be positive, any-way, that I’d participate for a 12th year in arow. There was no rush, or so I thought. Twodays before the race I fished out the brochure,poised with pen to fill in the entry blank, soas to be ready to shorten procedures themorning of the event.

Lo and behold, they’d eliminated race-day registration.

That left me no option but to drive twiceto the venue, once a day early to register, onceto run. Oh, but, on second thought, there wasanother option. I could throw a tempertantrum and take my money elsewhere.

I told my brother, rationalizing, “If a racegets too big for race-day registration, it getstoo big for me.”

An event calendar showed me an alterna-tive race, closer to home, at half the price.This race, a 5K, was a benefit for researchinto a medical disorder in children. Small tobegin with, and only in its second year, it suf-fered by concurrence with the one I’d blownoff, shrinking as compared to its first year.Most of those entered were walkers.

By my count, five people ran.

Yes, you read it right.

The field was five runners deep.

At the outset I moseyed along with a

woman who’d come halfway down the statewith her husband to a convention. She’d comeout on the spur of the moment. Her pace beinga tad slow for me, I excused myself, and cross-ing a gap, fell in step with a girl who’d takenthe lead. We chatted for the next two and ahalf miles, leaving everybody else behind.

The route followed paved trails through awetland, once a prairie. A stream, placid forthe most part, tumbled in rapids under the onebridge along the way.

Leading a race was no strain at all.

Just 16, the girl, daughter of two doctors,knew grief. Her younger brother lay in a ceme-tery nearby, a victim of cancer. She visited hisgrave every week or two. Once, she said, she’dwanted to be a writer, but now she leaned to-ward medicine; I replied that doctors madegood writers, and mentioned Atul Gawande,thinking as well of Anton Chekhov andWilliam Carlos Williams. She’d arrived at therace on a bike. Although a runner and a soccer

player at a local high school, she, like me, wasrecovering from injury, in her case an ankle.

Neither of us had set out to run this 5Kfor glory.

When the finish line came in sight, I told her,“I’ve never won a race; I guess I’ll give it a shot.”

I broke into what passes in the decrepitand the hampered for a sprint. She followedsuit. Neither of us gained an edge on the other.If one of us spurted, the other did so as well.To a voice calling out “23:52,” we crossed thechalk line side by side. It wasn’t clear to mewhich of us crossed first. For my money wewere co-champions.

The race founder, though, had but onedonut reserved for the winner. She called therace for the girl. “Anyway,” the race foundertold me, “she’s the cute one.”

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32CHARLEVOIX (6/25/11) -- Racemorning dawned with sunny skiesand cool temperatures for therecord 1,400 athletes competing inthe Charlevoix Marathon, Half-Marathon, 10K and 5K races.

“I’m amazed at how fast therace is growing,” co-director JeffSuffolk said of the fifth annualevent. “Though it is an amazingcourse. It still takes my breathaway.”

Heather Huggins, women’smarathon runner-up in 3:09:49,agreed.

“It’s a gorgeous course and itwas nice to stare out at LakeMichigan,” she said.

Women’s marathon champMichelle Didion (3:07:20) appre-ciated the out-and-back compo-nent. At the halfway turnaround,she noted that Huggins was abouta minute behind.

“I knew I needed to runstrong and not drop the pace,”said Didion.

“The talent level has drasti-cally increased from last year,”Suffolk said.

Events were competitive butpleasant. Chicago native Inigo Za-pater appreciated not getting “el-bowed,” as has been hisexperience in big city marathons.

The course, “not 100-percentflat,” he said, routed athletesthrough shaded neighborhoodsonto the Little Traverse Wheelwaybike path and across MemorialBridge.

The beautiful homes, lakeviews and great footbridge makethis a race runners must checkout, said half-marathon walkersDavid Valentine and Danielle Ed-wards. They also enjoyed the localsupport and change in scenery ofthe course.

Co-race director and “regis-tration guru” Sharon Suffolk con-curred. “The City of Charlevoixand Glenn’s Market are alwaysgreat to work with, and we havephenomenal volunteers,” she said.

Complete results and infor-mation on next year’s event canbe found at goodboyevents.com.

Tracey Cohen can be reached at [email protected]

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Charlevoix MarathonRaces Reach New Heights

Charlevoix Marathon

By Tracey Cohen

Nicole Galdamez, Tucker, Ga. (#60), Jamie Dodge,Fort Mill, SC (#41), Kevin Tornga, Hudsonville(#412) and Cherisse Tornga, Hudsonville (#413)compete in the Charlevoix Marathon.

LAINGSBURG (8/6/11) -- KatieOpdycke and Ben Pankow be-came the first ever of their gen-der to finish the half marathonat the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Race director Randy Stepadded the half this year to an ex-isting format of 5- and 10-miletrail races through Sleepy HollowState Park. Two extra loops offthe 10-mile route around LakeOvid made for a natural halfmarathon (measuring in this case13.09 miles). Roughly 500 of 750competitors in this year’s Legendopted to do the half rather thanthe shorter two distances.

Opdycke, 27, of Kalamazoofinished the inaugural halfmarathon in 1:37:11.

“I love trail races,” she said.“They’re so much more fun thanroad races. What’s better thanbeing out in nature and doingwhat you’re passionate about?”

This was her third year inthe Legend. “Last year I won the10-mile because the girl aheadof me got lost,” Opdycke said.

Pankow, 27, of Williamstonmade his way through themown fields, mud and forests in1:27:07. Although he finishedsecond in the Legend 10-milertwo years earlier, his win in thehalf was a pleasant surprise.

“It’s one of the toughercourses I’ve seen,” he said. “ButI prefer that. I’ll be back hereagain sooner or later.”

The lesser distances (actualmeasurements: 5.02 and 9.66miles) may have had fewer rac-ers, but each had its highlights.

In her third try at the Leg-end, Julia Angst, 13, of Laings-burg won the 5-miler on thewomen’s side in 42:51. That was

a better achievement than she’dexpected.

“I expected to be first in myage group,” Julia said. Two min-utes later, her twin sister, Hanna,running some five minutesahead of her dad, came in sec-ond among the women.

Roger Phillips, 16, of Lin-den took the overall champi-onship in the 5-miler in 34:00.

“I started a little slow,”Phillips said. “But I felt prettygood about how I did.”

He said he took over thelead on a climb at about twomiles. “I train on hills,” he said.

Ryan Beyea, 17, of Haslettfinished first overall in the 10-miler in 1:02:41. Beyea said heran for a while with the guywho came in second, then alonefor the last three miles. Hisfocus was on his upcoming sen-ior year at Haslett High School.

“I was just trying to get in agood long race before practicestarts next week,” Beyea said.

Carla Murphy, 36, of Flush-ing covered the 10-miler in1:20:45. It came as a shock toher at the finish line to learnshe’d won the race.

She was enthusiastic aboutthe course in spite of a section oftall grass and weeds. “It’s youversus the trails. which is cool,”said Murphy. “A couple of timesI almost wiped out. But that’spart of the fun.”

If anyone doubts the chal-lenge of these races, check outthe pace of those winning times.It’s a thing to be proud of, beinga champion -- indeed, being afinisher -- in the Legend.

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The Legend, Laingsburg

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CARROLLTON(7/24/11) — NickSimkus ran his firstever half marathon atthe Carrollton Festivalof Races, then waitedfor his girlfriend, whowas doing themarathon, with an en-gagement ring in hishand.

“I had it plannedfor a couple weeks, atleast,” said Simkus,37. “I thought thiscouldn’t have been abetter fit for her —and for us.”

Army staff Sgt.Joanna Boyd, 28, hadreturned to Michiganin early July after sixmonths in Iraq. “Iwanted to do amarathon when I gothome,” she said. “Thislooked like a goodone.”

After finishing in3:28:09, Boyd foundSimkus on bended knee and was genuinely sur-prised. “I had no clue he was going to do this,”she said. “He hid his plans well.”

She accepted his proposal.

The Mattawan couple enjoyed the event.“This is the first time I’ve ever run that manymiles,” Simkus said. “I loved how flat the coursewas.”

Boyd, who completed her seventhmarathon, not only received a ring but kudos forfinishing second among the women.

Obsie Birru, 22, a senior at Grand View Uni-versity in Des Moines, Iowa, finished first in2:58:58. The Ethiopian native had hoped to break2:46 and qualify for the U.S. Olympic Trials.

“Winning was nice but the time wasn’t whatI wanted,” Birru said.

Although the marathon, half marathon andmini-marathon all started at 6 a.m., competitors

still had to deal with heat and dense humidity.

Birru appreciated the crowd support. “Mycoach and a couple teammates were out there,”she said. “The townspeople (of Carrollton) weresupportive too.”

Justin Baum, 25, of Magnolia, Ohio, wonthe men’s marathon in 2:52:15. He too hadhoped to run faster.

“The humidity was rough” Baum said. “Ifelt it the entire way and doused water at everystop. My PR is 2:34 and I just wanted to gounder 2:50, nice and easy. But I went 2:52 and itfelt rough. It’s tough out there.”

Baum felt the three-loop course could pro-vide a PR on a cooler day. “There are no hills,”he said. “And you know exactly where you areafter the first lap, because you repeat the sameloop over and over.”

Doug Finkbeiner, 47, of Saginaw handcycledto a 1:38:50 finish in the marathon.

“Last year I did it in 2:02:16,” saidFinkbeiner. “This year I wanted to do 1:45, butdid 1:38. My average speed was 16 mph.

Finkbeiner was the only handcycler in themarathon, but Andrew Barnhart, 55, of Readingraced it in a wheelchair in 2:56:50. “I’m happy,”said Barnhart. “I haven’t broken three hours forseveral years.”

Other winners included John Nemens, 39,

of Sterling Heights (1:19.44) and Stacy Farrell,36, of Saginaw (1:40:47) in the half marathon;Alec Laorr, 44, of Saginaw (1:06:43) and AngelaDiehl, 20, of Lapeer (1:12:00) in the mini-marathon; Adam Bilodeau, 14, of Bay City(18:15) and Heather Notter, 35, of Saginaw(24:25) in the 5K run; and David Cable, 63, ofSaginaw (40:07) and Cathy Wedelstaedt, 54, ofMidland (42:14) in the 5K walk.

Another winner was the event itself, whichhad a record turnout of 279. Many showered com-pliments on Carrollton Public Schools Superintend-ent Craig Douglas, who directs the festival.

“The professor (Douglas) does a fantasticjob of putting it on,” said Finkbeiner. “He takesit personally — and it shows. All the details aretaken care of. I give him high marks.”

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COMMERCETOWNSHIP(6/18/11) -- She haseight children, 28grandchildren and 10great grandchildren.

And for the past18 years, JulieLeBlanc has coordi-nated one road race:The Julie Run/Walk.

At this year’s race,LeBlanc, who recentlyturned 80 and lives inWest Bloomfield, an-nounced she was step-ping down as director.

“But I will alwayspromote the Julie Runand continue to serveon the Open Doorboard,” she said.

The event raises money for the Open DoorOutreach Center, which provides emergencyservices such as food, clothing and referral in-formation to families in need.

“The Julie Run is important, because OpenDoor depends on donations to exist as an out-reach center,” LeBlanc said.

After she directed the race in its first year,the Open Door board named the event “The

Julie Run/Walk.”

LeBlanc leaves the directorship on a highnote. The event had a record turnout of 379participants, up from 350 last year. The runalso had a competitive field this year.

In the 10K, Scotty Albaugh, 18, of Water-ford and Leo Foley, 30, of Howell battled eachother into the last half-mile. And as he did inthe Corktown 5K last March, Albaugh pulledaway from Foley with a strong kick at the end.

Albaugh, who beatFoley by just one sec-ond at Corktown, hada little more breathingroom here, timing33:30 to Foley’s 33:41.

In the battle forthird place, ZacchaeusWidner, 20, of Detroit(34:23) held off six-time Julie Run winnerEric Green, 42, of Pon-tiac (34:41). Green,Michigan Runner mag-azine’s 2010 Runner ofthe Year, did end upwinning the masterstitle (something he hasdone often since turn-ing 40).

Andrea Sage, 36, ofWaterford won thewomen’s 10K in49:05. Two more Wa-terford women fol-

lowed her across the finish line: Lydia Proctor,18 (49:54) and Brittany Cross, 20 (50:17).

Sam Parlette, 18, of White Lake won themen’s 5K in 17:36. Next came Samuel Al-baugh, 14, of Waterford (18:36) and masterschamp Rob Basydlo, 44, of Highland (18:53).

“I cramped up in the middle (of the race),”Parlette said. “But I did all right.”

Lauren Quaintance, 21, of White Lake alsodid all right for herself, winning the women’s5K for the second straight year. She also wonhere in 2005.

Quaintance’s 18:38 put her more than aminute ahead of her sister, Rachel Quaintance,19, the 2008 winner, who took second in19:41. Third-place Andrea Osika, 45, of Water-ford, the 2009 overall winner, was the masterschamp in 20:26.

Becca Quaintance, 17, took sixth overall(21:47). And dad and mom, Tim and RuthQuaintance, both won their 50-59 age cate-gories. Tim finished in 21:00, Ruth in 23:46.

“It’s a great family event,” said RachelQuaintance. “We all like to get out here, raceand have a good time.”

For complete race results, go to www.rot-pac.com.

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Julie Run’s Julie Makes Last Race at Helm SuccessOpen Door Julie Run/Walk, Commerce Township


Retiring race director Julie LeBlanc (left) leads pre-race aerobics.

Eric Green (left), Leo Foley (#1059) and Scotty Albaugh(#1056) battle for the lead in the 10K.

Lauren Quain-tance won the5K.

5K masters win-ner: Rob Basydlo

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BRIGHTON (7/20/11) -- The Running FitPterodactyl Triathlon had sweltering, 95-de-gree heat that only a Jurassic winged reptilecould love, but Ryan Rivamonte and ChrissyRobert made the most of it.

Rivamonte, 20, a University of Michiganjunior, and Robert, 30, a University of Michi-gan Health System exercise physiologist, woneasily in the half-mile swim, 12.4-mile bikeand 5K run event.

The Pterodactyl, part of the Running Fit T-Rex Series which also includes Triceratops andT-Rex triathlons, took place at the 4,000-acreIsland Lake Recreation Area.

Rivamonte had already won this year’sTriceratops June 15 and planned to compete inthe T-Rex Aug. 17.

“It was hot but great,” he said of thePterodactyl. “The water felt good.”

Rivamonte’s 1:01:25 finishing time wasslower than his 1:00:06 at Triceratops, but puthim comfortably ahead of

Jay Steele, 40, of Plymouth (1:04:20) andChad Mahakian, 26, of Farmington Hills(1:04:26).

“We came out of the water together,” Ma-hakian said of Rivamonte. “But he just tookoff on the bike. He’s quick.”

Steele, the top masters finisher, and Ma-hakian had a good battle for second

“He led at the at the start of the bike,”said Steele. “I passed him on the bike and hepassed me early in the run. Then I got himback after the (one) mile mark.

Robert flew through the triathlon in1:09:49, a huge improvement over her

last year’s women’s fifth-place effort of1:11:53. Erin O’Mara, 27, of Ypsilanti finishedsecond for the second straight year in 1:11:26.

“It’s brutal weather. You have to respecteveryone for coming out here and participatinganyway,” O’Mara said.

Christina Noble, 37, of Brighton finishedthird in 1:12:03.

“In the water you couldn’t get cool,” saidNoble. “It was hard to move and made thebike seem harder. In the run, the heat and hu-midity sapped all your energy.”

Anne Marie Phillips, 50, of Northvilletopped the women masters and was sixth over-all in 1:13:41.

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HOWELL (7/3/11) — Brighton residentsRyan Rau and Marybeth Hall dominated theninth annual Independence Aquathlon, pre-sented by Howell Area Parks and Recreation.

Both won their respective men’s andwomen’s races, held at Howell City Park, bymore than a minute.

Rau, 31, edged last year by Brian MacIl-vain in a sprint finish, took a colossal lead intoThompson Lake after the opening 2K run.

“Since I’m not the strongest swimmer, I tryto get as much distance as I can from everyoneelse before I get into the water,” Rau ex-plained.

Scott Baker, 49, of Saginaw caught up toRau by the end the 750-meter swim. But Rauquickly retook the lead during the final 2K run.

Rau won with a time of 29:36. Baker took

second and was the top masters finisher in30:43. Next came Spenser Swanton, 18, ofSaginaw (30:48) and James Ridgeway, 23, ofChicago (31:11).

Hall, 20, a swimmer entering her junioryear at Northwestern University, was thefourth-place woman after the first run. Shethen tore it up in the water, opening not just abig lead among the women but almost catch-ing the men’s leaders.

“The second run was hard for me,“ Hallsaid. “I was hurting. But I knew I’d passedquite a few people in the swim.”

She crossed first in 32:13, followed by re-cent Hope College graduate Whitney Willson,23, of Commerce Township (34:25), KelseyAnn Calhoun, 17, of Lambertville (35:21) andHeidi Hendrick, 30, of Saginaw (36:08).Heather Witt, 40, of Midland topped thewomen masters in 38:53.

Hendrick, who won both the women’saquathlon and one-mile open-water swim lastyear, won the open-water swim again this year.She timed 21:46, besting Willson (23:47).

Baker won the men’s open-water in 21:07,edging last year’s champ Matt West, 36, of Yp-silanti (21:13).

“It was tough,” said Baker. “We had a lotof competition. It was scary (to be in the lead)without knowing how fresh people were be-hind you.”

Some 141 people entered the open-waterswim and 146 the aquathlon. Most partici-pated in both races.

For complete results, visit www.everal-racemgt.com.

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Aquathlon Goes Swimmingly for Rau, HallIndependence Aquathlon and Open Water Swim, Howell


Crosstown Kids TriathlonHowell, July 24, 2011

Swimmers await their turn Transition 1 Running it inBike leg Transition 2

Photos by Carter Sherline / Frog Prince Studios

FLINT (7/23/11) -- Bring the bling and theywill come.

The attraction of a finisher medal and aspecial t-shirt was powerful incentive for 224of the 908 individuals who entered the first At-wood Stadium Race.

The event replaced the popular TuuriRace, which was discontinued after 31 yearsby the Hurley Foundation.

Several leaders in the Flint-area runningcommunity did not want to see the Tuuriwither on the vine, so they came up with a raceon the same date to replace the traditionaltune-up for the Crim 10-mile run.

It was long said that if you could completethe Tuuri 10K, you’d have no problem at theCrim because of the hilly nature of the Tuuricourse. The Atwood race incorporated 3.8 ofthe Tuuri 10K’s 6.2 miles, including the hilliestsections in the second mile. An uphill openingmile made the Atwood course even tougherthan the Tuuri’s.

The finish was at the 50-yard-line of his-toric Atwood Stadium, which opened in 1929.

The Atwood race even adopted the Tuuri’stime schedule of a 7:30 a.m. 5K, followed byan 8:30 10K. That allowed runners and walk-ers the opportunity to do both races.

Only six entrants ran both events at the2010 Tuuri, which offered no perks for doingthe double. Atwood race organizers promotedthe “Duo Medal-y” option in which partici-pants got a medal for finishing both races, inaddition to a special tech shirt.

It worked.

“I like the medal,” said Jay Rosebrough ofGrand Blanc. “That was a big selling point forme. There aren’t many shorter races like thiswhere you can actually get a medal.”

The medal had special appeal to middle-of-the-packers, but it was even an attractionfor the contenders, runners who presumablyhave rooms full of racing bling.

Flushing’s Kenny Wall, who will be a sen-ior on Oakland University’s cross country teamthis fall, won both races. He took the 5K in16:19, recovered and won the 10K in 35:02.

The runner-up in both races was ShaneLogan of Pontiac, who ran 16:42 in the 5Kand 35:42 in the 10K. John Niven of SwartzCreek, who regularly did the Tuuri double,was the men’s masters winner in both races.

“My mom just told me to sign up forboth,” Wall said. “You get a t-shirt and amedal; I might as well.”

While a former Flushing High School starwas the overall winner in both races, a futureFlushing star was the female 10K winner.

Addie May, who will be a freshman atFlushing this fall, completed her first 10K in44:05, then volunteered to hand out icecream to finishers in the Kids’ Dash on thefootball field.

May’s middle schools track times com-pare favorably with those run at the same ageby Grand Blanc’s Gabrielle Anzalone, who

was the state Division 1 3,200-meter championas a high school senior this spring.

“It’s a lot longer and harder,” May said ofgoing 6.2 miles. “You have to be a lot smarterand more relaxed. I went slower than my 5Kpace, because my dad and coach told me it’sgoing to be harder, so you need to be relaxed.”

Melissa Middleton of Flushing did bothraces, but took her foot off the gas pedal in the10K after winning the women’s 5K in 22:00.

“It was hilly, which I need to work on big-time,” Middleton said. “Part of it’s on theCrim course. I’m using the 10K as training, soI tried to go out harder in the 5K. My timeisn’t spectacular, but oh well.”

The Atwood event had 992 finishers in the10K and 5K races, including “Duo” finisherstwice, compared to 857 for the final Tuuri.

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SYLVANIA, OHIO (7/31/11) -- Mil-ford friends Emily Jarrett, 29, andGeraldine Lupini, 48, won the“wet” and “dry” events at theWomen’s Only Triathlon and Dri-Triat Centennial Terrace and Quarry,presented by Elite Endeavors.

“I worked hard for it,” Jarrettsaid of her victory. “I saw thatKaren (McKeachie, last year’s win-ner) wasn’t going to be here today.So I thought maybe I had a chance(to win).”

Jarrett, who finished thirdoverall last year, improved not onlyher placing but her time, whichwent from 1:03:24 in 2010 to1:02:16 in the triathlon, whichconsisted of a 400-yard swim inthe quarry, 11-mile bike and 5Krun.

Jarrett got off to a good start,doing the swim in 7:52, 58 secondsfaster than last year. “I like thequarry because you don’t see anyfish or seaweed,” she said. “It waswarm and nice, too.”

She had a strong bike ride,though she struggled with her gears.“I couldn't get into my biggest(chain) ring,” she said. “So I rode allof it on my smaller rings. I rode fast,though: 22 mph was my average.”

Jarrett trailed Suzanne Rinehart,41, of Mahomet, Ill., and MonicaWest, 38, of Saginaw at the end ofthe bike, but then cranked out 22:30in the run, while Rinehart and Westran 25:15. That gave Jarrett the vic-tory by more than a minute.

Rinehart took second and wonthe masters title 1:03:26. West, lastyear’s runner-up, was third in1:04:14.

“I’m not a good runner,” saidRinehart. “The swim and the bikeare my strongest. I just started run-ning a year ago, so I’m still a begin-ner.”

Sidney Rinehart, Suzanne's 14-year-old daughter, cheered for hermom as she competed in thetriathlon. “She doesn’t think she

did well, but I think she did well,”Sidney said.

Suzanne Harshman, 41, of Syl-vania finished fourth in 1:05:22.“This is one of my favorite races,because it’s all women and there’ssomething special about that,” saidHarshman. “It does a wonderfuljob of showing off Sylvania.”

Jarrett agreed. “I tell womenthat if you are doing your firsttriathlon, this is a good one, be-cause it’s all flat and it’s allwomen,” she said.

Lupini, winner of Elite Endeav-ors’ Dooby Duathlon in Sylvania thelast two Aprils, learned about theWomen’s Only event from Jarrett.

In this one-mile run, 11-milebike, 5K run “dry tri,” Lupini trailedLori Deshetler, 31, of Sylvania,Becky Mincheff, 48, of Oregon,Ohio, and Megan David, 17, of Syl-vania at the end of the first run, butall were within four seconds of eachother.

“When we got on the bikes, she(Lupini) took right off,” said defend-ing champ Mincheff. “And that wasthat!”

Lupini won with a time of1:02:12. Next came Deshetler(1:04:34), David (1:05:36) and mas-ters champ Mincheff (1:06:47).

The race started at 7:30 a.m.but competitors still endured bakingheat.

“I was hoping for some bigpine trees for shade,” said Lupini,who enjoyed the Women’s Onlynonetheless. “I would give it an A-plus,” she declared.

Event coordinators Jim andJoyce Donaldson had help fromtheir Elite Endeavors crew, theTeam Toledo Triathlon Club andSouthview High School boys andgirls track and cross countryteams.

For complete race results, go tohttp://.eliteendeavors.com.

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Milfordites Dominate Women’s Only Tri, Dri-Tri

Women’s Only Tri , Sylvania, Ohio

By Chales Douglas McEwen

HOWELL (8/7/11) -- Motherand daughter Laura and EllenSearle, ages 40 and 17, of Troyswam, ran and biked togetherto complete their first triathlon,the Trek Women Series racehere, in 1:42:47.

“We motivated each otherthe whole way,” Ellen said.

Twin sisters Nancy Cutlerand Ilisa Bernstein, 48, alsomotivated each other. Cutler ofWest Bloomfield finished in1:30:29, then went back on thecourse to find Bernstein, ofNorth Bethesda, Md. They ranto the end together.

“It’s exciting crossing thefinish line with your sister,”Bernstein said.

Karen McKeachie, 58, ofAnn Arbor was by herself thewhole way. But she didn’t mindmuch, because she won in1:10:11.

“It’s easier when there’ssomeone to catch,” said McK-eachie. “During the run, I triedto pretend that the (pace) bikewas the person I had to catch,but he never let me pass him.”

They were among the morethan 250 participants in thenewest race in the Trek WomenTriathlon Series: a half-mileswim, 12-mile bike and 3-milerun event. (There are five otherseries triathlons nationwide.)

McKeachie, who has wonmany triathlons since shestarted competing in 1982,jumped to a big lead during the

swim in Thompson Lake, main-tained it as she biked along resi-dential streets, then finishedstrong in a run that ducked inand out of a cemetery beforeending at Page Field.

Cadia Humpula, 28, ofSaint Charles finished 1:35 be-hind McKeachie in 1:11:46.“Karen ripped it up out there,”said Monica West, 38, ofToledo, Ohio, third in 1:15:08.

Next came Allison Smith,26, of Franklin (1:15:37) andErika Myers, 35, of Van BurenTownship (1:16:23).

Becky Turner, 35, ofChelsea was impressed with therace. “For a first-time event thiswas amazingly well run,” shesaid.

Series director Margaret Sul-livan also felt things went well.“I thought it was outstanding fora first year in a new city” shesaid. “This was a 10 (on a scaleof one to 10). We love Howell.”

Other Trek WomenTriathlons take place in Colum-bus, Ohio Aug. 28; Orlando,Fla. Sept. 4; Seattle, Wash. Sept.18; and Austin, Texas, Oct. 2.(The first in the series was inPleasant Prairie, Wisc. July 10.)

Sullivan’s company, TheXxtra Mile LLC, also owns theDanskin Triathlon Series, whichhas seven races.

For complete results, visithttp://eliteendeavors.com.

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NORTHVILLE (6/25/11) -- Though he finishedeight seconds slower than the course record heset last year, Boaz Cheboiywo, 32, of Ypsilantistill dominated the 10-mile at the Solstice Run.

“I wanted to get it,” Cheboiywo said ofthe record. “I relaxed too much.”

The former Eastern Michigan UniversityNCAA national champion timed 50:57, whichfell short of last year’s 50:49.

“I slacked off at seven and eight miles,” saidCheboiywo. “I ran very hard the last mile, but Icouldn’t get it.

“It was an awesome day -- the perfect dayto run,” he said.

A lot of other people thought so too. The

Solstice Run had 3,300 participants, the largestturnout in its nine-year history.

The event held a post-race luau party com-plete with Hawaiian dancers and leis, whichhelped augment numbers. The mile fun runwas also renamed the Maui Mile.

“We’re very happy with the numbers,”said race director Alan Whitehead. “And we’realready making plans for next year.”

Marty Muchow, 45, a Hawaii resident,was fourth overall in 58:16 and tops amongmasters finishers in the 10-mile. “It was hillierthan I thought it would be,” he said.

Second and third, far behind Cheboiywo,were Leo Foley, 30, of Howell (55:40) and JoeMaki, 21, of Ypsilanti (55:41).

Maki stayed with Cheboiywo for the firstmile, then watched the Kenyan native jet off.“He’s in a whole different league than I am,”Maki said.

Danielle Savard, 29, of Rochester Hillstook the lead in the women’s race during thethird mile and went on to triumph in 1:06:24.

“I went out a little slower and tried topick it up over the course of the race,” Savardsaid. “I haven’t run a 10-mile in a while and Iwasn't sure where I’d be at today.”

Katherine Kyle, 39, of Grosse Pointe Parknabbed second in 1:07:39, followed by AndreaPulskamp, 33, of Plymouth (1:08:01) andHeather Dyc, 27, of Plymouth (1:08:35).

“I must not have trained hard enough,”said Dyc. “I don’t remember the hills being

that hard last year. It’s hard to keep any kindof a pace out there in those hills.”

Mike Camilieri, 32, of Howell won themen’s 10K in 34:21. Justin Goetz, 29, ofBerkley took second (34:49) and EdwardClifton, 16, of Northville third (36:01).

Serena Kessler, 39, of Ann Arbor paced thewomen in 38:44, followed by Elisabeth Deller,32, of Northville (41:51) and Marie Wolfgram,32, of Ann Arbor (43:04).

Tops in the 5K were Kevin Debear, 21, ofPlymouth (16:16), Chris Elsey, 25, of Milford(17:20) and Jeff Gerbach, 20, of Novi (17:39).Angela Mathews, 27, of Westland led thewomen in 18:03, followed by Lindsay Clark,18, of West Bloomfield (18:48) and Julia Va-lencia, 17, of Walled Lake (19:15) .

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GENESEE TOWNSHIP (7/30-31/11) -- Whowould have thought that the Crim Festival ofRaces would become the second-largest runningevent in the Flint area?

Somehow, the inaugural Michigan WarriorDash managed to upstage the Crim.

The Warrior Dash took Genesee County bystorm, attracting 24,912 entrants to an extremerunning event that featured 12 obstacles on a3.2-mile course at the E.A. Cummings Center.The Crim, which celebrates its 35th edition thisyear, had 16,000 entrants in 2010.

Whether the Warrior Dash would return wasan open issue going into the event. Before the finalwave of 600 runners reached the finish line on thefinal day, it was determined that the event wouldcome back next year. This was the second-largestWarrior Dash, behind only a June race in Ohio,race co-director Ryan Mortimer said.

“We talked to everyone back home in Chicagoand it was a no-brainer to come back here,” Mor-timer said. “The park’s awesome, the county’s been

instrumental in helping us with this event and thewarriors had a fantastic time. It’s only right tobring it back in 2012.”

The event was equal parts trail race, bootcamp and Halloween in July. The obstaclesincluded jumping over fire, climbing overwalls, crawling in mud under barbed wire,wading through thick muck and waist-deepwater, and running through tires and jumpingover junked cars.

Warrior and superhero costumes were allthe rage, but Scott Reagan of Cadillac took onthe challenge in 80-plus-degree heat in a largeSponge Bob Square Pants costume and fakebeard. The costume was pretty much trashedafter the final obstacle, a mud crawl before thefinish line.

“This is actually an old Halloween costumeI had,” Reagan said.“I finally decided toretire it. What betterway to do it than at aWarrior Dash?”

Mike Crandall ofDavison ran in fullhockey gear with astick, sporting the jer-sey of the Flint-basedMichigan Warriorsjunior hockey team.

Warriors ... get it?

“The obstacleswere harder than Ithought,” Crandallsaid. “I glued someskates and shoes to-

gether and they cameunglued. Going in thewater was tough. Com-ing back out, I felt like Iweighed 30 or 40pounds heavier.”

There were seri-ous racers, of course. Itturns out that a com-petitive running back-ground was necessaryto be successful.

The fastest timeof the weekend wasturned in by CurtisVollmar, who ran onEastern Michigan Uni-versity’s all-Americadistance medley relayteam at the 2010NCAA Indoor Trackand Field meet.

Vollmar finished in 22:26.45 on the firstday. Adam Roach of Rockford was second in22:48.00, while Oakland University runnerKenny Wall of Flushing was third in 22:52.95.All three times eclipsed the winning time of Sun-day’s winner, Chad Anastasoff of Temperance,who finished in 23:17.20.

“I took it as a normal race, but in my mind Iknew it was going to be more of a fun event,”Vollmar said.

The fastest women’s time was run by ErinO’Mara of Ypsilanti, one of the state’s top roadracers, who finished in 25:52.95 on the first day.

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The obstacles included jumping over fire, climbing over walls, crawl-ing in mud under barbed wire, wading through thick muck andwaist-deep water, and running through tires.

FRANKENMUTH (7/4/11) -- Mike Morgan,who won the 5K and 10K here last year, addedthe 20K to his collection of victories and beersteins at the 36th annual Volkslaufe (Germanfor “people’s race”) presented by FrankenmuthJaycees.

“I love this race and begged my coaches tolet me do it,” said Morgan, 31, who runs forthe Hansons-Brooks Distance Project inRochester Hills.

He ran the 12.4 miles in 1:05:05, whichwas well off Todd Snyder’s 1:01:51 courserecord but still fast given that Morgan took thelead on the grass at start and was by himself(with the pace car) for the entire race.

“I think it was harder last year,” Morgansaid. “I had to get done (with the 10K), grabsome fluid and warm up for the 5K. The 20K islonger, but it’s one and done.”

Vince Bechard, 31, of Detroit beatLeo Foley, 30, of South Lyon for second,1:08:19 to 1:09:30.

“I had someone (Foley) to catch upto,” Bechard said. “I caught him at 15Kand just went. I PR’d by a minute.”

For his 20K victory, Morgan tookhome his third 2.5-liter German stein.(The big drinking cups are given to theoverall victors in each race, while smallersteins go to the age category winners.)

Marybeth Reader, 42, of BloomfieldTownship, who won this 20K in 2006and 2007, also collected her third giantstein at this year’s race. She had to fightfor it, though.

“This might be the first time in mylife where I’ve passed someone (at theend) to win a race,” said Reader, whohas won many races. “Usually (if she'sgoing to win), I take the lead early andkeep it. I’m not really a negative-splitperson.”

Reader led initially. Then AmandaRoache, 23, of Midland came up besideher.

“I passed her at 10K and led until17K,” Roache remembered. “Then shepassed me.”

Reader timed 1:20:46 to Roache’s1:21:24. Stacie Battjes, 31, of Winston-Salem, N.C., took third in 1:25:38.

“It was a tough race,” said Roache, whorecently graduated from nearby Saginaw ValleyState University. “It was hot and the hills at theend were challenging. I felt good until the lastmile.”

Jerome Recker, 28, of Port Huron, anotherSVSU graduate, won the 10K after havingclaimed the 5K here years ago. “The last time Iwon, I wasn’t old enough to get the stein filled(with alcohol),” he quipped.

Recker finished in 32:35, with AlexTownsend, 21, of Detroit taking second (34:01)and Kenny Wall, 21, of Flushing third (34:02).

While Recker rocked the men’s side of the10K, Jen Rock, 21, of Macomb rolled in thewomen’s race.

“I felt really good the whole time,” saidRock, who finished in 36:25. The time shat-tered her former PR of 37:40, set on the track.

Melanie Peters, 21, of White Lake tooksecond (38:57) and Brittany Hubbard, 26, ofRochester Hills third (39:03).

In the 5K, Evan Chiplock, 17, of Saginawfinished first (15:58), Ron Zywicki, 50, of Tra-verse City second (16:46) and Shane Knoll, 24,of Warren third (16:56).

Kirsten Olling, 14, of Breckenridge wonthe women’s 5K in 18:47, followed by KarieMcDonald, 21, of Frankenmuth (19:01) andKayla Pfund, 19, of Shelby Township (19:17).

Major sponsors included Diversified Fit-ness Club for the 20K, Bronner’s CHRISTmasWonderland for the 10K and The Bavarian InnRestaurant for the 5K. The Volkslaufe also in-cluded a Jaami’s Jams and Jellies 2K Fun Run.

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NOVI (6/11/11) -- “The mud was the bestpart. It made it fun!” enthused Charlene LeP-ane, who had just finished her first Flirt withDirt 5K.

Flirt offers a 5K and 10K on “6 miles ofgnarly single-track trails,” reads its entryform, in “the land of malls and mansions.”

“I give it a 10 out of 10,” said LePane,who won her age group by almost fourminutes. “It was a wonderful day, just per-fect.”

The races have staggered starts, half anhour apart. Runners can do both but mustscoot through the 5K to make the 10K.That’s tough to do on these courses.

Recent rains left puddles and mud, butthe trails weren’t as treacherous as in someyears. Although temperatures reached thelow 60s, humidity was high, especiallyunder the low canopy of forest trees.

Runners looking down to avoid roots,rocks and fallen limbs risked running intolow-hanging branches sagging from dewand raindrops (“Like a car wash,” quippedRunning Fit’s Randy Step at the start).

There were many twists, turns andswitchbacks. Often the trails were so nar-row that passing was impossible.

Liz Bailey, a Flirt 10K veteran, ran herfirst 5K here. She was training to run amarathon with her son, his first, and haddone a 20-miler the day before.

“I registered for the 10K but after yes-terday I switched,” she said. She is used torunning hills at the Highland State Recre-ation Area, so Flirt “was not really hilly,”Bailey said. “But that end hill …”

“That end hill” is a Lakeshore Parksledding hill whose top marks the start andfinish. The downhill start required care onthe dewy grass and the uphill finish was al-most a sadistic flourish.

Whit Neubauer was also running hisfirst Flirt -- in a pair of minimalist shoes. “Itwas great, no trouble at all,” he said.

Neubauer does most of his training ontrails in the shoes and bikes here. “I saw the5K and thought, ‘That’s my trail! I have toget out there!’” he said.

“I had a lot left in my tank,” he contin-

ued. “I almost wish I had done …”Neubauer hesiated, thinking about the 10K,then chuckled.

“I did catch one root, but a lot of oth-ers did, too,” he said.

Harlan van Blaricum, 70, finished 23rdof 235 in his second Flirt 5K. “I used to dothe Mud Creek Crawl in Midland everyyear,” said the trail run veteran. “It’s (Flirt’s)very challenging, very technical. There are alot of turns.”

Van Blaricum had vied a few weeks agoin the Michigan Senior Olympics, where heentered 11 events and came home with 11medals.

Although pegged as “low-key,” the 10Kfinish was anything but that. Greg Haapalaand Jeremy Doody staged quite a battle.

“It went well,” said an out-of-breathHaapala at the finish. “We went out quick,6-minute miles, pretty good for a trailrace.”

Doody “led the way from miles one tofive,” Haapala continued. “I was about 10seconds behind, trying to catch up. He set ahard pace. I’m surprised I was able to catchhim.”

“I went out hard for a couple miles,”agreed Doody, who won his debut Flirt 10Klast year. “But it was sticky out there. Hecaught me at the end.”

“The course was really great,” saidHaapala. “It rained yesterday, but it driedout pretty well.”

Flirt’s 568-runner turnout was its high-est since 2008, when registration wascapped due to parking limits and coursecongestion. Slots were filled weeks beforethe race.

Overall male and female winners ineach race received certificates for new shoesat Running Fit. Awards went five-deep ineach age group. Prizes were nifty ceramicmugs.

Flirt drew runners from all over Michi-gan, including Grand Haven and CedarSprings, as well as from Ontario and sevenother states.

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ANN ARBOR(7/4/11) -- “Itook the leadearly because Iknew the guy be-hind me had agood kick,” saidNicholas Katse-faras, repeat win-ner of the 11thannual Fire-cracker 5K in15:53.

The MichiganState Universitygraduate admit-ted he liked thecourse, “espe-cially the down-hill finish andrunning throughthe University ofMichigan Diag”(a large space inthe middle ofcampus embed-ded at the centerwith a brassblock “M”).

U-M graduateWolfgang Doza-uer agreed. “Inever thought

half a century later I would be running throughthe Diag,” Dozauer said. “It’s funny how itbrings back memories. I was careful not to stepon the ‘M.’” (A student legend is you will failexams if you do so.)

“We appreciate the university allowing us touse the Diag,” said co-race director MichaelHightower. “It makes the race special.”

Hightower was pleased with the crowd andweather, with temperatures near 70° underpartly-cloudy skies. “It was a perfect day for run-ning and our biggest race ever,” he said.

A “Grand Prix” series of 5Ks, complete withawards and t-shirts, is being considered for nextyear, he said.

For complete results and information on the12th annual Firecracker 5K, visit www.a2fire-cracker5k.com.

Tracey Cohen can be reached at

[email protected].

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BRIGHTON (6/19/11) -- On Father’s Day,mother of three Mimi Stockton won her secondstraight Xterra Torn Shirt Triathlon, presentedby Elite Endeavors.

With her husband and children greeting herat the finish, Stockton, 39, of Stevensville timed2:18:16, more than five minutes faster than herwinning time last year. Next came Marie Der-sham, 40, of Grand Rapids in 2:20:15.

Dersham gave Stockton plenty of competi-tion during the half-mile swim in Bishop Lake,15-mile mountain bike and 6-mile trail run atBrighton Recreation Area.

Though Stockton had a 18-second lead onDersham when they left the water, Dershamtook it away on the mountain bike.

“Mimi stayed on my tail for the whole bikeride, which was really fun,” Dershamsaid. “When we got through the tran-sition, she had an awesome run.”

Stockton opened a big lead butstill had to tackle the Torn Shirt Trail.

“The run is hilly, long and gruel-ing,” said the champion. “After along bike, it’s hard to maintain a de-cent pace. But running is my strongsuit, so if I’m right behind a couplepeople on the bike, I can usuallycatch them on the run.”

Roxanne Kruse, 35, was thethird-place woman in 2:39:00. Mas-ters winner Marcia Van Eden, 43,claimed fifth overall in 2:48:34.

In the men’s triathlon, ChrisScott, 39, of Morrison beat top mas-ter David Maclean, 52, of Ludington.

Scott led by two minutes after theswim. Maclean closed some of thatgap with a strong bike and run, buthe couldn’t quite catch the winner.

“I enjoy a technical, hillycourse,” Scott said. “This is technicalbut there isn’t much elevation. Still,I’ll take it. I did OK.”

Scott timed 2:05:22, followed byMaclean (2:05:50) and Yaro Mid-daugh, 35, of Traverse City (2:08:55).

The Torn Shirt included a duathlon, whichconsisted of a 2-mile road run, 15-mile bike and6-mile trail run. Winners were Max Finkbeiner,37, of Whitmore Lake (2:08:09) and Sylvie Uyt-tendael, 38, of Chicago (2:32:07).

The event also hosted its first-ever half-triathlonand half-duathlon.

“We always want to get more people in-volved in the sport,” said Jim Donaldson, whodirects the Torn Shirt with wife, Joyce, for EliteEndeavors. “Some people think the full tri is alittle too tough. Hopefully, this will bring outnew people.”

The half-tri, which consisted of a quarter-mile swim, 10-mile bike and 3-mile run, waswon by Stephen Baluch, 29, of Farmington(1:28:07) and Leanne Weinreich, 41, of Gregory(1:40:46).

“Let me get over the shock!” said Weinreichafter learning that she had won.

The half-du, which had a 1-mile road run,10-mile bike and 3-mile trail run, was won byJay Moncel, 37, of Troy (1:19:35) and HeatherKettelhoh, 38 of Midland (1:30:51).

“It’s super fun,” Kettelhoh said. “Well or-ganized and really well-marked. The mountainbike trail was fun and fast. And the run wasbeautiful.”

Moncel agreed. “I look forward to doingmany more of these,” he said.

For complete results, go to www.eliteen-deavors.com.

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Thu, 9/1/11 Michigan Peach Festival 5 & 10K Run 10KR, 5KR Romeo (586) 752-6115Sat, 9/3/11 Alferis Memorial Races 13.1, 5KR, 2MW, 18.5MB Alpena (989) 356-7351Sat, 9/3/11 Beaver Island Marathon 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 5KR/W Beaver Island (248) 446-1315 See Ad May/Jun ‘11

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Sat, 9/3/11 Priority Health Arts in Motion 5K 5KR/W Royal Oak (248) 545-9200Sat, 9/3/11 Ringside Fitness Marquette Marathon 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 1/2MFR MarquetteSat, 9/3/11 Run Back to School 5KR/W Lansing

Sat, 9/3/11 Run for River House 5KR/W, 1MFR Grayling (989) 275-8257Sat, 9/3/11 Run Like The Wind 10KR, 5KR Westland (517) 702-0226 See Ad Jul/Aug ‘11Sat, 9/3/11 Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma 2MW Grand Rapids (800) 716-6554

Sat, 9/3/11 Swampfoot 4 Mile 4MR, 1MR Saint ClairSat, 9/3/11 Witchy Wolf 3 15MR, X-C, 2 person relay Omer (989) 846-6018Sun, 9/4/11 Barefoot Triathlons Sprint, Olympic Triathlons Traverse City (231) 546-2229

Sun, 9/4/11 Ed Hansen Memorial Run/Walk 10KR, 5KR Ontonagon (906) 884-8108Sun, 9/4/11 Grand Marais Triathlon Tri: 300-yardS/ 14MB/ 5KR Grand Marais (906) 494-2700Sun, 9/4/11 Running Waters 5K 5KR/W, kids run Gaylord (989) 732-4038 See Ad Jul/Aug ‘11

Mon, 9/5/11 Cadillac Festival of Races 10K, 5K, kids run, Tri/Kayak Cadillac (231) 876-0010Mon, 9/5/11 Governor’s Labor Day Bridge Run 5MFR Mackinaw City (517) 347-7891Mon, 9/5/11 Hart Healthy Labor Day 5K & Bridge Walk 5KR/W, 2.2MW, 1MFR Hart (231) 301-8449

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Mon, 9/5/11 Hillsdale Labor Day 5K Run 5KR/W Hillsdale (517) 439-1611Mon, 9/5/11 Labor Day Run for Recovery 5KR/W, 1MFW, kids run Lansing (517) 231-3408Mon, 9/5/11 Labor Day Run & Potluck 10KR, 5KR/W Midland (989) 274-9495

Mon, 9/5/11 Mackinac Bridge Walk 5MW St. Ignace (906) 643-7600Mon, 9/5/11 Manistee Beaches, Bridges & River Walk 5MW Manistee 9231) 398-2805Mon, 9/5/11 Path to Wellness 5KR/W Lansing (517) 543-2313

Wed, 9/7/11 Hansons Youth Team camp Rochester (248) 616-9665Thu, 9/8/11 Island Lake Triathlon - Fall Tri: 5MS/ 12MB/ 3MR Brighton (734) 845-7559Fri, 9/9/11 Run Woodstock - Day 1 100MR, 100KR, 5KR Pinckney (734) 929-9027 See Ad Jul/Aug ‘11

Sat, 9/10/11 3 Disciplines Triathlon Festival of Races Triathlon, 3 distances East Tawas (231) 546-2229Sat, 9/10/11 COVE Benefit Beach Walk and Run 10KR, 5KR/W Pentwater (231) 869-5030Sat, 9/10/11 First National Bank of Wakefield Marathon 26.2MR Wakefield (906) 285-4776

Sat, 9/10/11 Grape Lake 5K Run/Walk 5K R/W Paw Paw (269) 657-1326Sat, 9/10/11 Heralthy House XC 5K 5KR/W Wayland (269) 792-9952Sat, 9/10/11 Highland Conservancy Nature Challenge 5KR/W Highland (248) 887-8470

Sat, 9/10/11 Hume Home Run Fund 5K 5KR/W Muskegon (231) 750-0448Sat, 9/10/11 Jenna Jog Aicardi Syndrome 5K 5KR/W, kids run Highland (586) 202-1278Sat, 9/10/11 K.L.A.A. Association Invitational HS X-C 5KR Belleville (734) 416-7774

Sat, 9/10/11 Kazoo Area Foot Chase 3.5 MR Portage (269) 321-9264Sat, 9/10/11 Kirby 5K 5KR/W New Boston (734) 231-0397Sat, 9/10/11 Live Life Nspired 5K 5KR, 1.5MW Charlotte (517) 543-9575

Sat, 9/10/11 Mackinac Island 8 Mile Road Race 8 MR/W, kids run Mackinac Island (810) 659-6493Sat, 9/10/11 NSO Riverwalk 5K 5KR, 1MR Detroit (313) 961-4890Sat, 9/10/11 Pink Arrow Quiver 10KR, 5KR/W Lowell (616) 862-8376

Sat, 9/10/11 Rhoades McKee Reeds Lake Triathlon 1/2MS/ 17MB/ 4.9MR East Gr. Rapids (616) 949-1750Sat, 9/10/11 Run for Ryan 8KR, 5KR/W, 1MR/W Flat Rock (734) 379-9200Sat, 9/10/11 Run for Your Heart 13.1, 10KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR Saginaw (989) 754-3222

Sat, 9/10/11 Run Woodstock - Day 2 50M, 50K, 26.2, 13.1, 10K, 5M Pinckney (734) 929-9027 See Ad Jul/Aug ‘11Sat, 9/10/11 St. Mary Parish Festival 5K Run Walk 5KR, 2KFR Morrice (517) 625-4260Sat, 9/10/11 St. Mike’s Race for Faith 5K 5KR/W, kids run Grand Ledge (517) 646-9746

Sat, 9/10/11 VNA 5K Run/Walk for the Health of It 5KR/W Grosse Pte Shores (248) 967-9600Sat, 9/10/11 Walk/ Run To Remember 5KR/W Sandusky (810) 648-0330Sat, 9/10/11 Witch’s Hat Run 10KR, 5KR/W, 1 MFR South Lyon (248) 207-5135

Sun, 9/11/11 Great Prostate Cancer Challenge 5KR/W, kids run Rochester (248) 336-3189 See Ad Jul/Aug ‘11Sun, 9/11/11 Hansons 16 M Marathon Training Run 4-16 MR Royal Oak (248) 616-9665Sun, 9/11/11 Harvest Stompede 7MR, 5KR, 3MW Suttons Bay (231) 357-3222

Sun, 9/11/11 Jaguar Harrier Classic 5KR/W New Boston (313) 382-2300Sun, 9/11/11 Kellie Sebrell DeWitt 5K Trail Run 5KRW DeWitt (517) 669.8102Sun, 9/11/11 Race Judicata 10KR, 5KR, 1MFW Bloomfield Hills (248) 334-3400

Sun, 9/11/11 Rock and Road 5 / 10K 10KR, 5KR, kids run West Bloomfield (248) 451-1900





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Sun, 9/11/11 Run Woodstock - Day 3 5MFR Pinckney (734) 929-9027 See Ad Jul/Aug ‘11Sun, 9/11/11 Second Chance for Greyhounds 10KR, 5KR/W Augusta (269) 249-5104Sun, 9/11/11 Sparrow Women Working Wonders 8KR, 5KR/W Lansing (517) 899-5211

Sun, 9/11/11 St. Mary Mercy Hospital 5K for Cancer 5KR/W Livonia (734) 655-1593 See Ad Jul/Aug ‘11Sun, 9/11/11 Tortoise & Hare Marathon Training Run 10-11 mile loop Ann Arbor (734) 623-9640Sun, 9/11/11 Tower Run for Education 8KR, 5KW Michigan City, IN (219) 874-8927

Sun, 9/11/11 Trish Donnelly-Runnion Memorial Race 5KR, 1MFR/W Plymouth (734) 495-9512Sun, 9/11/11 Tunnel to Towers 5KR/W Detroit (313) 312-0758Mon, 9/12/11 Hansons Youth Team camp Royal Oak (586) 822-8606

Mon, 9/12/11 Royal Oak Cross Country Alumni Run 2MFR Royal Oak (248) 435.8500Fri, 9/16/11 Spartan Invitational college and high school x-c East Lansing (517) 432-5510 See Ad Mar/Apr ‘11Sat, 9/17/11 100 Years of Running 10KR, 5KR/W, kids run Benton Harbor

Sat, 9/17/11 Adventure Rage 28 hour adventure race Cadillac (810) 239-0165Sat, 9/17/11 Bedford Dinner Dash 5KR/W Temperance (734) 850-9622Sat, 9/17/11 Big Mac Shoreline Scenic Bike Tour 25, 50, 75, 100MB Mackinaw City (888) 455-8100

Sat, 9/17/11 Capital Area Humane Society 5K 5KR/W, 1MW Grand Ledge (517) 626-6060Sat, 9/17/11 Chad Schieber Memorial Run 10KR, 5KR, 1MR, kids run Midland (989) 708-9445Sat, 9/17/11 Chasing the Cure for Ovarian Cancer 5KR/W/ Pump/R, 1MFR Sturgis (269) 251-8740

Sat, 9/17/11 CNS Stomp Out Stigma 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W Clarkston (248) 871-1403Sat, 9/17/11 Dunes Duathlon 5MR, 17.8 MB SaugatuckSat, 9/17/11 Freddie Harris Memorial Walk & Run 5KR, 2KW Belleville (734) 612-3858

Sat, 9/17/11 Grosse Pointe Run 10KR, 5KR/W Grosse Pte Farms (800) 299-5007 See Ad page 31Sat, 9/17/11 J Rogucki Memorial Kensington Challenge 15KR, 5KR/W Milford (248) 685-0043 See Ad page 35Sat, 9/17/11 Kinde Polka Fest Run 5KR/W,1MR Kinde

Sat, 9/17/11 Live Centred Half Marathon 13.1MR Adrian (517) 403-7687Sat, 9/17/11 Oakland Township Curamus Terram 13.1, 10KR, 5KR/W, 1/2MR Oakland Twp (586) 484-4937Sat, 9/17/11 Oh These Irish Hills 5KR/W Tipton (517) 467-2670

Sat, 9/17/11 Peacock Strut 10KR, 5KR/W, kid’s run Portage (269) 323-1942Sat, 9/17/11 Riverbend 5K Run / Walk for MS 5KR/W, kids run West Branch (989) 225-9213Sat, 9/17/11 Rochester Rotary Run/Walk 10KR, 5KR/W Rochester

Sat, 9/17/11 Run for Hungry Children 5KR, 3KW Traverse City (231) 649-0541Sat, 9/17/11 Run for the Rouge 5KR Canton (313) 792-9900Sat, 9/17/11 Running with the Angels 5KR/W, 1MW Bad Axe

Sat, 9/17/11 Shoreline Sport & Spine Oktoberfest 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 5kR/W Spring Lake (616) 844-2734Sat, 9/17/11 St. John Applefest 10KR, 5KR/W, 1MR Fenton (810) 735.9193Sat, 9/17/11 USA 24 Hour Championships 24 hour run Cleveland, OH

Sun, 9/18/11 Big Mac Shoreline Scenic Bike Tour Ride across the “Mighty Mac” Mackinaw City (888) 455.8100Sun, 9/18/11 Bridge Run 10MR, 5KR Grand Rapids (616) 262-4124Sun, 9/18/11 Canterbury on the Lake 5K 5KR/W Waterford (248) 674-5316

Sun, 9/18/11 Capital City River Run, Cooley 5K 13.1, 5KR, 1MFR, 1/4 MFR Lansing (517) 332.2681





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Sun, 9/18/11 Driathlon 5K canoe/ 15KB/ 5KR Bay CitySun, 9/18/11 Lung Cancer 5K & Little Lungs Fun Run 5KR/W, kids run Milford (313) 532-0983Sun, 9/18/11 Michigan’s Tri & Du Championship Sprint, Olympic Tri, Du Shelby Twp. (231) 546-2229

Sun, 9/18/11 Monroe Cty Special Olympics Festivus 5KR/W Monroe (734) 242-5799Sun, 9/18/11 Neal V. Singles Memorial Run 5KR, 1MW Morenci (517) 458-6025Sun, 9/18/11 Romeo 2 Richmond Half Marathon 13.1MR/W, 5KR/W Richmond (586) 469-5065

Sun, 9/18/11 Run Wild for the Detroit Zoo 10KR, 5KR, FW Royal Oak (248) 541-5717 See Ad page 51Sun, 9/18/11 Timber Trail Trot 5KR/W Harrison (989) 386-6651Sun, 9/18/11 Tortoise and Hare Training Run training run - 10M loop Ann Arbor (734) 623-9640

Sun, 9/18/11 Vision Builders 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W, kids run Dexter (734) 926-0976Fri, 9/23/11 Run for Justice 10K, 5K, 1MR/W, kids run Howell (517) 546-4700Sat, 9/24/11 Midwest Regional Racewalking Champ 1 hour walk Royal Oak (248) 549-3569

Sat, 9/24/11 501 Running Club 20 Miler 20MR, 10MR Ann Arbor (734) 657-0214Sat, 9/24/11 AQ Run Thru 5K Run and 2K Walk 5KR, 2MW Grand Rapids (616) 632-2989Sat, 9/24/11 Bradapalooza Run on Faith 4MR, 2MW Newport (734) 770-2378

Sat, 9/24/11 Dances with Dirt - Hell 50MR, 50KR, 100 K Relay Pickney/Hell (734) 929-9027Sat, 9/24/11 Daystar 5K 5KR/W Milford (248) 628-0634Sat, 9/24/11 Deerfield Park Trail Half / 10K / 5K 13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR Mt. Pleasant (989) 289-2361

Sat, 9/24/11 Diehl’s Ciderfest Run 4 MR, 1MFR Holly (248) 310-9375Sat, 9/24/11 Du North 4.75MR/ 18.15MB/ 6.05MR Manistee (616) 261-9706Sat, 9/24/11 West Side 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W, kids run Traverse City (231) 409-2804

Sat, 9/24/11 Genesys Athletic Club Dash 5KR/W, 1MFR Grand Blanc (810) 606-7909Sat, 9/24/11 Happy Heart Run 5KR/W, 1MFR ColdwaterSat, 9/24/11 Jefferson Cross Country Invitational HS, MS XC meet Monroe (734) 289-5590

Sat, 9/24/11 Kilometers for Cam 5KR/W, 3KFR St. Joseph (269) 861-5284Sat, 9/24/11 Komen Gr Rapids Race for the Cure® 5KR, 1MW Grandville (616) 752-8262Sat, 9/24/11 Michigan State Police Fall Color 5K 5KR/W Northville Twp (586) 727-0200

Sat, 9/24/11 Oktoberfest Lagerlauf 5K 5KR/W Grand Rapids (616) 890-5978Sat, 9/24/11 Park 2 Park Half Marathon and 5K 13.1MR, 5KR Holland (616) 399-9190 See Ad Jul/Aug ‘11Sat, 9/24/11 Red Flannel Festival 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W, kids run Cedar Springs (616) 696-0504

Sat, 9/24/11 Run for the Son 5KR/W Portage (269) 344-7333Sat, 9/24/11 “Run the Pointe” Booster Club Run 10KR, 5KR, 2MFR Grosse Pte Farms (313) 881-7570Sat, 9/24/11 Running Fit 20 Mile Training Run Up to 20 mile training run Westland (734) 929-9027

Sat, 9/24/11 Sault Area Chamber of Commerce Chase 26.2MR, 13.1MR, 10KR S Ste. Marie, MI (906) 632-3301Sat, 9/24/11 Save the Wildlife 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W, 1MW Howell (517) 546-0249Sat, 9/24/11 Sawyer’s Run 5KR Shelby Twp. (248) 818-0270

Sat, 9/24/11 USA 50 km Trail Championships 50KR Bend, ORSat, 9/24/11 Walk of Remembrance 2.3MW Livonia (734) 953-6045Sat, 9/24/11 West Side 5K 5KR/W, kids run Traverse City (231) 409-2804





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Sat, 9/24/11 Wild Goose Chase 5KR/W Saginaw (989) 759-1669Sun, 9/25/11 Birch Run Charity Run 5KR/W/teams, 1KFR, Birch Run (989) 397-8333Sun, 9/25/11 Birmingham Lions Run for the Blind 10KR, 5KR, 1 MW Birmingham (248) 645-5600

Sun, 9/25/11 Fowlerville Football Fun Run 5KR/W,1MR/W Fowlerville (517) 223-6481Sun, 9/25/11 Hansons 16 M Marathon Training Run 4-16 MR Grosse Pointe (313) 882-1325Sun, 9/25/11 Ionia Snap Fitness ICAN 5K 5KR/W Ionia

Sun, 9/25/11 Marathon Oasis de Montreal 26.2, 13.1, 10K, 5K, kidsR Montreal, QC (514) 879-1027Sun, 9/25/11 Playmakers Autumn Classic 8K 8KR/W, 1MFR, 1/2 MFR Haslett (517) 349.3803 See Ad Mar/Apr ‘11Sun, 9/25/11 Run with Attitude 5KR, 1MR/W Commerce Twp (248) 568-4316

Sun, 9/25/11 The Trail Less Traveled 8KR/W, 4KR/.W Shelby Township (586) 850-6611Sun, 9/25/11 White Pine Academy 5K 5KR/W Leslie (517) 403-8813Thu, 9/29/11 Kids Run Club 1K, 3K & 5K 5KR, 3KR/W, 1KR/W Shelby Twp. (586) 532-1300

Sat, 10/1/11 501 Running Club 20 Miler 16MR, 10MR Ann Arbor (734) 657-0214Sat, 10/1/11 Crybaby Classic Mountain Bike Race 6.5M lap MB Harbor Springs (231) 487-1713Sat, 10/1/11 Depot Days 5KR/W Standish (989) 714-2496

Sat, 10/1/11 Earleen Fox Memorial 5K Walk/Run 5KR/W West Branch (989) 685-2552Sat, 10/1/11 Fish Lake 5K 5KR/W Sturgis (269) 625-3969Sat, 10/1/11 GRAAHI Rhythm Run 5KR/W Grand Rapids (616) 331-5872

Sat, 10/1/11 Hansons Cross-Country Invitational XC Sterling Heights (586) 822-8606Sat, 10/1/11 Hartwick Pines Challenge Trail Run 7.5MR, 3MR Grayling (989) 390-5530Sat, 10/1/11 I Gave My Sole for Parkinson’s 5KR/W Okemos

Sat, 10/1/11 Jamesers 5K for Kaleidoscope Kids 5KR/W BrightonSat, 10/1/11 Red October Run 10KR, 5KR/W, 1M kid’s run Wayne (313) 586-5486 See Ad page 37Sat, 10/1/11 Remembrance Run 5KR/W, 1MR/W Traverse City (231) 941.8118

Sat, 10/1/11 Rotary Bay 5/10K Run/Walk for Charity 10KR, 5KR/W Petoskey (231) 838-4959Sat, 10/1/11 Run on the Rez 5K 5KR Mt. Pleasant (989) 772-0323Sat, 10/1/11 Run Vasa 25KR, 10KR Williamsburg (231) 932-5401

Sat, 10/1/11 Salmon Run/Walk 10KR/W, 5KR/W Baldwin (231) 745-8804Sat, 10/1/11 Steps for Sara 5KR/W Harbor BeachSat, 10/1/11 The Crabby Apple 5MR, 2.5MR/W,1MFR St. Ignace (906) 430-5666

Sat, 10/1/11 Wags and Whiskers 5K Run Run/Walk 5KR/W Rothbury (231) 861-8196Sat, 10/1/11 Walt Disney World Wine & Dine Half Mar 13.1MR Lake Buena Vista, FL See Ad May/Jun ‘11Sat, 10/1/11 Zonta Walks for Women 5KR Alpena (989) 354-7297

Sun, 10/2/11 Betsie Valley Run 13.1M, 10K, 5KR/W, kidsR Thompsonville (231) 378-2000Sun, 10/2/11 Brooksie Way Half Marathon 13.1MR, 5KR/W Rochester Hills (810) 235-3397 See Ad Jul/Aug ‘11Sun, 10/2/11 Farmington Fall Classic 5KR/W Farmington (248) 473-1800

Sun, 10/2/11 Huron Township Applefest - cancelled New BostonSun, 10/2/11 MSU Federal Credit Union Dinosaur Dash 5KR/W, 1MR East Lansing (517) 355-2370Sun, 10/2/11 Red, White & Blue 26.2 Marathon 26.2 MR Findlay, OH (419) 442-4424

Sun, 10/2/11 USA Masters 5 km Championships 5KR Syracuse, NY





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Sun, 10/2/11 Walk the Walk 3KR/W Grand Blanc (810) 955-6222Tue, 10/4/11 Striders Power of Run 5K 5KR Walker (616) 261-9706Thu, 10/6/11 White Pumpkin 5K 5KR/W Caro (989) 673-5241

Sat, 10/8/11 Bee Brave 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W Caledonia (616) 698-8054Sat, 10/8/11 Cruisin for a Cure 5K 5KR, 2MW Grand Ledge (517) 819-8394Sat, 10/8/11 D-Town River Run 10KR/W, 5KR/W Detroit (248) 318-8317

Sat, 10/8/11 Fall Colors Bridge Race 5.4MR/W Mackinaw City (231) 436-5664 See Ad page 13

Sat, 10/8/11 Fall Color Tour Run or Relay 10KR or 2person relay Falmouth (231) 826-3854Sat, 10/8/11 Halloween 5K for Junior Achievement 5KR/W Lansing (517) 371-5437

Sat, 10/8/11 Harbor Springs Half Marathon 13.1M, 10K, 5KR, 1/2 MR Harbor Springs (231) 526-2621Sat, 10/8/11 Island Boodle 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W Beaver Island (231) 448-2505Sat, 10/8/11 Portage Invitational x-c meet, open 5K Portage (269) 323-5233

Sat, 10/8/11 Race for Healthy Kids 5KR/W, kids run Rockford (616) 632-7296Sat, 10/8/11 Run for Palestine 10KR,5KR, 1MR/W Honor (231) 510-2379Sat, 10/8/11 Scary Halloween Hallow 5KR, 1.5MFR Port Huron (810) 984-4847

Sat, 10/8/11 SOS Animal Rescue Dirty Dog Run 10KR, 5KR, 1MFR Midland (989) 492-0042Sat, 10/8/11 SOTL Storm Runners Race 5KR/W, 1MFR Brighton (734) 231-2792Sat, 10/8/11 United Way Charities Trail Run 10KR, 5KR Houghton Lake (989) 910-5121

Sat, 10/8/11 Wayne County XC Championships HS X-C 5KR Belleville (734) 416-7774Sat, 10/8/11 WMU Homecoming Campus Classic 5KR/W, 1KFR/W Kalamazoo (269) 387-8402Sun, 10/9/11 Big House / Big Heart 5K 10KR, 5KR, 1MFR Ann Arbor (734) 213-1033

Sun, 10/9/11 GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon 26.2, 13.1, 8K, kids run Victoria, BC (250) 658-4520Sun, 10/9/11 Great Michigan Race 4.5MR/W Rochester (248) 977-9183Sun, 10/9/11 Green Space Race 5KR/W Mason (517) 676-2290

Sun, 10/9/11 Hidden Forest Trail Run 8.5 MR, 5.5 MR, 2.5 MR/W Clarkston (810) 487-0954Sun, 10/9/11 KDB Melanoma 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W MIlford (313) 505-2445Sun, 10/9/11 MSU Sprint Triathlon 400mS/ 12MB/ 5KR East Lansing (231) 546-2229

Sun, 10/9/11 St. Patrick Fall Festival Half Mar & 5K 13.1MR, 5KR/W Portland (517) 647-1709Sun, 10/9/11 Race for Ralya 5KR, Kids Run HaslettSun, 10/9/11 Wild Life Marathon 26.2, 13.1, 5KR/W, kids run Concord (517) 917-6700 See Ad page 33

Sat, 10/15/11 CMU Homecoming Miles for Medals 5KR, 1MW Mt. Pleasant (989) 773-2595Sat, 10/15/11 Danae’s Race 5KR Lansing (517) 896-5257Sat, 10/15/11 Fr. Gabriel Richard HS XC Invitational hs x-c meet Dexter (734) 904-6431

Sat, 10/15/11 Huskie Hustle 5KR/W, 1MFR Breckenridge (989) 842-5806Sat, 10/15/11 Mercantile Bank Run Thru the Rapids 10KR, 5KR/W Grand Rapids (888) 909-2267Sat, 10/15/11 spARTan FUNd RACE 5KR/W Imlay City (810) 724-9813

Sat, 10/15/11 SVSU Cardinal Family Fun 5K 5KR/W Saginaw (989) 964-4215Sat, 10/15/11 Top of Michigan 100K and Team Relay 100KR, team relay Gaylord (231) 348-8280Sat, 10/15/11 U of M/MSU Tailgate Challenge 5KR/W Flint (810) 487-0954

Sat, 10/15/11 Whistlestop Marathon and Half 26.2 M, 13.1 M, 10K, 5K Ashland, WI (800) 284-9484





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Sun, 10/16/11 Detroit Free Press Marathon 26.2, Wheels, 13.1, relay, 5K Detroit, Windsor (313) 222-6676Sun, 10/16/11 East Lansing Pumpkin Trot 5KR/W East Lansing (517) 319-6897Sun, 10/16/11 Metro Health Grand Rapids Marathon 26.2 MR, 13.1 MR Grand Rapids (616) 293-3145 See Ad back cover

Sun, 10/16/11 Nationwide Columbus Marathon 26.2, 13.1, wheels, kids run Columbus, OH (614) 421.7866Sun, 10/16/11 Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon 26.2 MR, 13.1MR, 5KR, kidsR Toronto, ON (416) 944-2765 See Ad Mar/Apr ‘11

Sun, 10/16/11 Spartan Sprint 5K 5KR/W East Lansing

Tue, 10/18/11 Hansons Youngsters XC Invitational X-C Meet Sterling Heights (586) 822-8606Sat, 10/22/11 Aubrey’s Butterfly 5K 5KR/W DimondaleSat, 10/22/11 Bailey’s Doggie Dash 5KR/W, 1MW Rockford (517) 336-6429

Sat, 10/22/11 Cleft Palate Foundation of Smiles 5K 5KR/W MantonSat, 10/22/11 Great Turtle Half Marathon 13.1 MR, 5.7 MR/W Mackinac Island (810) 487-0954Sat, 10/22/11 Gus O’Connor’s Run Rally 3MR Rochester (248) 608-2537

Sat, 10/22/11 Linden Fall Festival of Races 5KR/W, 1MR Linden (810) 591-0080Sat, 10/22/11 Manistee National XC Invitational 5K Xc meet, Open 5K Manistee (231) 690-0596Sat, 10/22/11 Michigan HS XC U.P. State Finals 5KR Munising (517) 332-5046

Sat, 10/22/11 Pancreatic 5K Run/Walk 5KR/W,1MR/W New Baltimore (586) 306-2013Sat, 10/22/11 Run for Research 13.1MR, 10KR, 5KR Mt. Pleasant (989) 289-2361Sat, 10/22/11 Run Scream Run 10KR, 5KR,1MR Ypsilanti (734) 929-9027 See Ad page 44

Sat, 10/22/11 The Great Pumpkin Pursuit 5KR/W MonroeSat, 10/22/11 USA Masters 5 km XC Championships 5KR Perinton, NYSun, 10/23/11 Racing for Recovery Run 10KR, 5KR/W, 1/4 MFR Sylvania, OH (231) 546-2229

Sun, 10/23/11 Renegade Run 3MR on obstacle course Clinton Township(586) 532-1300Sun, 10/23/11 Road to the Broad 5K 5KR/W East Lansing (248) 613-3274Sun, 10/23/11 Scare Away Hunger 5K Run /Walk 5KR/W Rochester (248) 651-5836

Sun, 10/23/11 Traverse City Half Marathon 13.1MR, 5KR, FR, teams Traverse City (407) 599-0568 See Ad page 54Sun, 10/23/11 Twin Rivers 5K 5KR/W, kids run Muir (989) 855-2346Fri, 10/28/11 Frightful Friday Fun 5K Walk/ Run 5KR/W Minden City (989) 864-3123

Sat, 10/29/11 Alger Heights Halloween 5K 5KR/W, kids run Grand Rapids (616) 291-7988Sat, 10/29/11 Headless Horseman 5K 10KR, 5KR Howell (517) 546-0693 See Ad page 7

Sat, 10/29/11 MAC Cross Country Championships 8K Men, 6K Women Muncie, IN

Sat, 10/29/11 Muddy Watters Cider Slam 4MR Rochester Hills (248) 320-5705Sat, 10/29/11 Pennies for Pencils 5K Pumpkin R/W 5KR/W Ypsilanti (248) 921-9601Sat, 10/29/11 Prairies and Ponds Poltergist Pursuit 5KR, kids run Lapeer (810) 538-1731

Sat, 10/29/11 Run of the Dead, Race Through SW Detroit 10KR, 5KR Detroit (248) 766-6485Sat, 10/29/11 St. Mary 5K 5KR/W Williamston (517) 803-5420Sat, 10/29/11 The Headless Horseman Chase 10MR, 5KR/W Belmont

Sun, 10/30/11 Big Ten Cross Country Championships 8K Men, 6K Women Champaign, ILSun, 10/30/11 Hansons Group Run training Lake Orion (248) 693-9900Sun, 10/30/11 Run Thru Hell on Halloween Eve 10KR, 5KR/W Pinckney (517) 702-0226Sun, 10/30/11 Wicked Halloween Run 10KR, 5KR/W, 1MFR Plymouth (248) 345-6168 See Ad page 55





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Sun, 11/6/11 Carrollton Marathon & Half Marathon26.2MR, 13.1MR, relay Carrollton (989) 399-8860 See Ad page 23

Sat, 11/12/11 Original Ann Arbor Turkey Trot 10K, 5KR/W, kids 1MFR Dexter (734) 213-1033 See Ad page 37

Sun, 11/13/11 Roseville Big Bird Run 10KR, 1MR/W, 4KR Roseville (586) 445-5480 See Ad page 39

Sat, 11/19/11 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis 10KR, 5KR, 1/4M kids run Bloomfield Hills (248) 269-2895Thu, 11/24/11 5/3 Bank Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 10KR, 5KR, 1MR Detroit (313) 247-4149 See Ad page 2

Thu, 11/24/11 Smoke the Turkey 5K 5KR Sylvania, OH (419) 841-5597 See Ad Mar/Apr ‘11

Sat, 12/3/11 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis 5KRW, 1/4M kids run Northville (248) 269-2895 Sat, 12/3/11 YMCA Santa Run 5KR/W, 1MW Flint (810) 232-9622Sat, 12/10/11 Jingle Bell Run/Walk for Arthritis 5KR/W, 1/4M kids run Grand Rapids (248) 269-2895

Sat, 12/10/11 Run Like The Dickens, Tiny Tim Trot 10KR, 5KR/W, kids run Holly (248) 328-3200Sat, 12/31/11 5/3 New Year’s Eve Family Fun R/W 5KR/W, 1MR/W Detroit (313) 886-5560Sat, 1/7/12 Walt Disney World Half Marathon 13.1MR Orlando See Ad page 17

Sun, 1/8/12 Walt Disney World® Marathon 26.2MR Orlando See Ad page 17

Sun, 1/15/12 Chevron Houston Marathon 26.2, 13.1, 5K, kids run Houston (713) 957.3453 See Ad page 21

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Goodbye, Dolores. We’re gonna missyou.

Her brief obituary on the Web site for theShelters Funeral Home in Pinckney told the facts:

“Dolores P. Hensley, 80 years, of Pinckney,died Tuesday afternoon, June 12, 2011, at St.Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ypsilanti.

“She was born Nov. 10, 1930, in Detroit;the daughter of Joseph and Jennie (Radigan)McNamara. Dolores married Harrison D.Hensley on Jan. 26, 1955, in Garden City, andhe survives.

“She is also survived by her daughter,Marshan (CQ) Alton, and her son, RaymondHensley; two grandchildren.”

It told the facts, it didn’t tell the story.Michigan runners lost their best friend.

I remember in the early 1980s when I firststarted running a lot of 5Ks and 10Ks and wasimpressed by the organized nature of the run-ning community. At every race, there was acard table or two worth of race fliers fromaround the state, set up in deep and organizedpiles. Man, I thought, these race directors re-ally have their stuff together, always havingeach other’s fliers at all their runs.

It took me a year or two to find out thatthere was nothing of the kind going on. Whatwas going on was Harrison Hensley was arunning machine, and his wife was a volun-teering machine, and every time he went to arace, which was often twice a weekend andonce or twice during the week, he’d gatherwhatever fliers he could and cart them aroundin the trunk of his car till he showed up at thenext race.

He and Dolores would get there early, setout their fliers and collect new ones.

I can’t imagine how many races I ran onlybecause I heard about them through the Hens-leys’ labors, or how much money I spent driv-ing to those races, or how much I spent onentry frees.

Over the years, I got to know both of themwell. If you ran many races in the 1980s or1990s, you couldn’t help but get to know themwell, Harrison pretending to be the curmudgeon,Dolores never pretending a thing, always gra-cious, greeting you with a hug and a smile as ifyou were her favorite person in the world.

They’d put out their fliers, then Harrisonwould get ready for his race and Dolores, anonrunner, would ask the director how shecould help. Then she’d dive right in, helpingwith registration beforehand, passing out foodor water or tearing off tags at the finish line.

Dolores had been sick for well over a year,fighting the good fight, seemingly close to deaththen recovering, relapsing and recovering. Lastfall, runners by the thousands gathered in Hell,Mich., site of the legendary Run Thru Hell racesthe Hensleys put on each year, to run in herhonor and for her benefit, raising enough moneyfor Harrison to get a van so he could transporther to races around the state in style.

Some comments for Dolores from herfriends on the funeral home Web site:

“So glad I got to see you when I visited fromArizona last summer. You have been a big part ofmy life for over 30 years. I love you, Dolores.Until we meet again.” – Diane Himebaugh, long-time competitive age-group runner.

“You could always count on Dolores to hugand hold you up at the end of a grueling road

race. Her special paper bagfull of treats was a bonus. Shewas an angel. We shall alwaysthink of Dolores whenever wecross that finish line.” – DavePeterson, running store man-ager, longtime competitiveage-group runner.

“Dolores was a genuinelywarm, kind, giving andbeautiful person. We all ben-efitted from her presence,whether it was through hersmile, humor, laugh or bakedgoods. She is definitelymissed at the road races, butwill always remain in ourthoughts and hearts.” –Veronica Jackson, runnerand friend.

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The 20th annualBayshore races in Tra-verse City, once a

sleepy collection of runs witha few tourists and mostly lo-cals, have become a hugedraw. The marathon andhalf-marathon fill up monthsin advance and the 10Kkeeps setting attendance

records.

Part of it is the weekend — the races areheld the Saturday before Memorial Day. Agood part of it is the locale — all include lotsof gorgeous views of the east arm of GrandTraverse Bay.

The 10K, in particular, sums up recenttrends in running: one, the number of entrantscontinues to rise; two, the number of women en-trants really continues to rise; and three, thetimes keep getting sslloowerr and ssslllooowerrr.

A total of 1,872 ran this year’s 10K.Nearly two-thirds, 1,209 were women, a per-centage that would have seemed impossible 20years ago. Hardly anyone broke 40 minutes,once a benchmark for a good, not a great,time, on a flat course on a weather day madefor fast times. It was about 50 degrees, over-cast, a light wind. Better weather for runningfast you’re not going to get on the last week-end in May in northern Michigan. Flat, fast,great weather and only 1.5 percent of the fieldcould run 6:27 a mile or faster.

A grand total of three women — count

Running with Tom HendersonBy Tom Henderson

Dolores Hensley announces results at the 2003 Sol-stice Run in Northville.

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’em, three — broke 40 minutes, about two-tenths of one percent of the women’s field. Ofthe 189 women in the 25-29 age group, nonebroke 40 minutes. There was one of the 207 in30-34. The top time of the 204 in the 35-39age group was 45:52. Of the 268 in 40-49,none broke 40.

Things were better for the men, but not bymuch. Twenty-five broke 40, about 3.8 per-cent. When I was setting PRs in my 30s and40s, I might — might — crack the top 10 per-cent if I broke 38 minutes. Breaking 40 mightput you into the top third of the field.

Of the 100 men aged 30-34 this year, onebroke 40. One! I find that almost inconceiv-able. If I hadn’t run the course myself (at 40flat when I was 52 or so) and had only seenthe times, I would have thought it a trail runwith 2,000 feet of elevation climb.

It is typical that the older runners continueto resist fading into the woodwork. There were57 runners in 50-54, and four of them broke 40.

It’s good for racing that more people do it.It stands to reason that as race numbers builddramatically, times overall might slow. Butwhere are the good runners? Forget elite, justgood, or sorta good?

I don’t expect everyone to train as hard asI or my peers once trained. I don’t expect thesame percentage of runners to train hard asraces double in size.

But intuitively, it doesn’t seem too much tothink that as those numbers of entrants dou-bled, the number of runners breaking 40 min-utes would at least remain the same. Thatwould translate into a performance decline, bythe metric of the 40-minute barrier, of 50 per-cent. But the decline has been far more drastic.I wonder why.

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Runners are always leery of first-timeraces, for good reason. Unless theyhappen to have a name like Gault Race

Management, or the Hanson brothers or Run-ning Fit attached to them.

You just have no idea what you’re getting.

Take the first annual 5K fundraiser in Junefor the Cherryland Humane Society in Tra-verse City, which had been in the news for itsbudget woes and fears about what that wouldmean for the cats and dogs it was caring for.

Sort of at the last minute, officials at thesociety organized an event and invited runnersand walkers to bring their dogs. The emphasiswas on raising money, as it should have been. Idon’t need another t-shirt, and none weregiven out. I don’t need any more age-groupawards, and there weren’t any of those either.

Kathleen and I, both dog lovers, with twoof our three pets being rescue dogs, paid $20apiece and got a beautiful Sunday morning toget some exercise, a wonderful cause and agreat trail course in the woods south of the oldmental hospital near downtown.

We got less than we bargained for, too. Aless than ideal time to start, certainly, on a hotsunny day in June. The race started at 11, andclearly a lot of the dogs and their ownersweren’t faithful exercisers. Many a man andbeast looked ready for a heart attack as theyfinished together.

It was a benefit to them, then, that thecourse was way, way short — not much excusefor that in this day of cheap and readily avail-able GPS technologies. You don’t need thecourse certified, but you don’t need to see thefastest time in years on your watch at the fin-ish line on a tough, tough course that youjogged.

The course was well marked, with two ex-ceptions, both near the end. Coming down along downhill, you were supposed to make a270-degree turn to the left. Except there wasno arrow, and no volunteer, and the logicalway seemed to be just to veer a tad to theright. I stopped, looked around, hollered outto a guy nearby which way I should go and hepointed me in the right direction.

He said I was almost done. I ran a littleways, didn’t see a finish line or anyone insight on the road in front of me, stopped,looked around, saw some folks on the lawnwell to my right, wandered over and saw aribbon laying on the grass. That was, itturned out, the finish line. After the sharpleft, you were supposed to run a ways, thenjump up over the curb, cross the sidewalk,

then run at an angle for 70 yards across astretch of grass to the finish line.

But there was no volunteer to tell you tojump the curb, and since the finish line was onthe ground, you couldn’t see it.

I found two volunteers and told them theyneeded to get someone in the street to tell peo-ple where to jump the curb. They looked at melike I was nuts and continued their conversa-tion. I politely repeated that they really didneed to get someone in the street. At that mo-ment, as they looked toward the street, five orsix runners ran past, just as I had done.

One of the volunteers grumpily, veryslowly, headed that way, as I went back to thehairpin turn and directed folks in the generaldirection of the finish line. One of them wasKathleen, nursing a knee injury and only in therace because of the cause. She came in about34 minutes, about four minutes ahead of whatshe’d been expecting.

As she crossed the finish line, I went to gether a bottle of water. There were several metaltubs filled with ice and small water bottles.There were also about a dozen bottles of wateron a table, having been baking in full sun foran hour or more. I picked one up, dropped itwhen I realized how hot it was, went over toone of the tubs and started to pull out a bottle.

“Did you pay $5 for the barbecue?” I wasasked. They were having hot dogs for thosewho’d paid $25 instead of $20.

“No,” I said.

“The cold water is for those who paid forthe barbecue.”

“My wife just finished the 5K. She’sthirsty, and that water is too hot to drink.”

“You have to pay $5 for the cold water.”

Another volunteer at the side of the firstone said snottily, pointing at the hot water.“It’s wet. It’ll do the job.”

Good cause. Glad they were able to raiseenough money to feed a bunch of cats anddogs for a while.

I’ll probably look for a different race thatweekend next year, though, one with a Gault,or Hansons or Running Fit attached.

- MR -

“Michigan runners losttheir bestfriend.”

Dolores Hensley’s Funeral Servicewith Marybeth Reader, Nina Bovio, Rev. George White

http://michiganrunner.tv/2011hensley/

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